The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely ignored.

It’s unusual for a 9-year-old child to be captivated by the news. But my parents can attest, I was that strange kid who stayed up past my bedtime to watch the evening news. Sometimes, I have to ...

store, on Nov. 12, 1993. (AP Photo/Richard Sheinwald) FILE - Shoppers wait outside a Kmart store for a 7 a.m. Thanksgiving Day sale in Nashville, Tenn., on Nov. 23, 2006. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File ...

Transformco, the Illinois-based holding company that owns Kmart and what’s left of another former retail behemoth, Sears ... refrigerators, washing machines and dryers: the appliance department.

Transformco, the Illinois-based holding company that owns Kmart and what's left of another former retail behemoth, Sears ... refrigerators, washing machines and dryers: the appliance department.

Transformco, the Illinois-based holding company that owns Kmart and what’s left of another former retail behemoth, Sears ... refrigerators, washing machines and dryers: the appliance department.