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| | | What does the "K" in K-Mart stand for? (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: K stands for........ —Jim Stroot
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| | | | | Probably for Kresge (sp?). The Kresge family is associated with this line of stores, but I can't remember the founder's name off-hand. Jim Stroot (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: K stands for........ —Rob Doucette
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| | | | | Krap, mostly... Richard Schuit <richuit@itfusion.com.au> wrote in message news:FMw137.3po@lugnet.com... (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Re: K stands for........ —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) Yes, it does stand for Kresge. S.S. Kresge (for Sebastian S. Kresge - the founder) was the name of the 5 & 10 stores (nickel & dime) that were all over America from during the first 8 decades of this century. They disappeared in the 1980's (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: K stands for........ —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) Same here. The headquarters are still in Troy, MI. Having grown up right next door in Southfield, it was right up there with J. L. Hudson and various auto companies (a far second, though) as a possible career point. I don't think the "K" is (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: K stands for........ —Ray Sanders
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| | | | (...) Acutally, if I understand this correctly, there are three types of K-Mart at the momment: o K-Mart: older stores, not yet refurbished (I know of two in my shopping radius) o Big K-Mart: either new stores or refurbished older stores o Super (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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