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There’s one final sale before the Myrtle Beach Sears closes its store forever

The Coastal Grand Mall Sears closes in a few weeks as it hastens to get rid of stock with a 70% off sale.

The coronavirus pandemic forced the former department store giant to close dozens more stores. There are now less than 100 Kmart and Sears stores in the U.S., Forbes said earlier this year.

The Coastal Grand Sears is the last remnant of the company in the Myrtle Beach area. The last remaining Kmart, which shut down several years ago.

Sears’ closure is likely to surprise few. Despite starting out as a delivery-only business, the store has failed to pivot amid the growth of online shopping and decline of brick-and-mortar retail.

This story was originally published December 18, 2020 at 6:00 AM with the headline "There’s one final sale before the Myrtle Beach Sears closes its store forever."

Chase Karacostas
The Sun News
Chase Karacostas writes about tourism in Myrtle Beach and across South Carolina for McClatchy. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020 with degrees in Journalism and Political Communication. He began working for McClatchy in 2020 after growing up in Texas, where he has bylines in three of the state’s largest print media outlets as well as the Texas Tribune covering state politics, the environment, housing and the LGBTQ+ community.
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