11 PA Kmarts, Sears Stores To Close

PENNSYLVANIA — Eleven Kmart and Sears stores in Pennsylvania are scheduled to close by the end of 2019, according to multiple reports.

USA Today first reported the chain would be closing nearly 100 Kmart and Sears stores by December.

The company has not yet released an official list of the locations to close, but a leaked list surfaced on multiple media reports.

Patch has reached out to Kmart representatives and will update this story once more information is available.

According to PennLive, the following Pennsylvania stores will close:

• Chambersburg Kmart: 1005 Wayne Ave
• Clifton Heights Kmart: 713 E Baltimore Pike
• Doylestown Kmart: 4377 PA-313
• Easton Kmart: 320 S 25th St.
• Elizabethtown Kmart: 1605 S Market St.
• Holmes Kmart: 600 MacDade Blvd
• Leechburg Kmart: 451 Hyde Park Road
• New Castle Kmart: 2652 Ellwood Road
• Shillington Kmart: 1 Parkside Ave.
• Towanda Kmart: 328 Ennis Lane
• Washington Sears 1500 W Chestnut St

Liquidation sales for the latest round of stores to close are set to begin in mid-September, Kmart PR Director Larry Costello confirmed in a statement.

"We encourage customers to continue shopping on Kmart.com for all their product needs," he said.

A number of Sears and Kmart stores also have closed in recent years as the company has struggled to survive. The new closings come eight months after a last-minute reprieve saved Sears Holdings, which owns Kmart, from liquidation.