By Amelia Ferrell Knisely, Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Kanawha City Kmart will close in February, wiping out the chain store’s existence in West Virginia, as the Elkview Kmart is set to close next month.
The store’s parent company, citing a “difficult retail environment,” included the Kanawha City location in a Thursday announcement that it would close 96 Kmart and Sears stores nationwide by early next year.
Liquidation sales are expected to begin Dec. 2 — at the height of the holiday shopping season. John Hudnall, store manager at the Kanawha City location, would not comment on the closure and looming layoffs. …
