Also worth mentioning, Roses, a store that is even more dumpy looking than Kmart OR Walmart OUTLASTED Kmart in my city. Roses is literally a glorified dollar store to me (or a ghettofied Big Lots without the furniture) and they have the most disgusting restrooms I have ever seen in a retail establishment.

It was downhill since 2003 when they filed for bankruptcy, the new owner ran it down to the ground.

Yes and still do sometimes.

Eddie Lampert didn't run it completely to the ground but he definitely made things worse. If I'm not mistaken, both Kmart and Sears plan to be profitable by selling the real estate the stores sit on. In some cases, Sears actually subleased space in its own stores to grocery stores (There was a Kroger proposed for the top level of a Sears in Atlanta, and Whole Foods currently subleases the bottom level of a Sears in Greensboro, NC)