The S.S. Kresge Co., which had a store of the same name in downtown Midland, opened a Kmart discount department store in late September 1976 at 1820 S. Saginaw Road. Stemming from South Saginaw Road ...
_1899: S.S. Kresge Co. founded by Sebastian S. Kresge. _1912: S.S. Kresge Co. incorporated in Delaware with 85 stores and sales of $10,325,000. _1916: S.S. Kresge Co ...
1976: S.S. Kresge opened a record 271 Kmart stores. 1977: Name changed from S.S. Kresge Co. to Kmart Corp. to reflect that in 1976 sales at Kmart stores accounted for 94.5 percent of the company’s ...