The first store with the Kmart name opened in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan. Kresge Corporation and renamed Kmart Corporation in 1977. The company was incorporated in 1899 as S.
The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States.
Kmart Corporation ( / ˈ k eɪ m ɑːr t/ KAY-mart, doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big-box department stores.
