K-Mart in West Columbia SC is Closing
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Such ends the one in West Columbia which was a pillar of my childhood.
The store has been in decline as evidenced by the hot August days where the doors were all open with the air conditioning going full blast.
Then there were the several times I witnessed young local men remove their old beat up shoes, place them in a box from which he had just placed new shoes on his feet then departed bypassing the cashier.
I feel that the fundamental issue with K-Mart in South Carolina has been good management — or actually a total lack thereof.
Had the chain instilled good management into their stores they likely would not be closing now.
It's a sad tale of incompetence, poor judgement, and criminal activity which likely dulled the competitive edge to a state of nothingness.
That's what they get for hiring no character inept management just because that's all they could get in South Carolina.
So much for the Blue Light Special in my home town. I used to shop at the location there since I was a kid.