Business Kmart’s blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale U.S. store In its heyday, there were more than 2,000 Kmarts in the U.S. A large Kmart sign is displayed in ...

FILE – Kmart shoppers mill around the flashing blue light, sign of the “Blue Light Special,” at the first Kmart ever built in Garden City, Mich., on March 1, 1982. (AP Photo/Dale Young, File) ...

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb af… ...

Kmart, renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers to a flash sale — is shuttering its last full-scale store in mainland United States.

Kmart, the once giant retailer with headquarters in one of Chicago’s northwest suburbs, is reportedly closing its last full-scale store in the mainland United States.

Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers to a flash sale ...

Kmart’s blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale U.S. store A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022.

Kmart's blue light fades to black with the shuttering of its last full-scale US store A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022. Credit: AP/Seth Wenig ...

FILE - A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near! The erstwhile retail giant renowned for its Blue Light Specials — featuring a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole enticing shoppers ...

FILE - A large Kmart sign is displayed in front of a shopping plaza in Avenel, N.J., April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, Kmart shoppers, the end is near!