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New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley
New Sears Closure Announced In Hudson Valley Another one bites the dust. A new Sears location in the Hudson Valley is set to shut its doors amid massive nationwide closures of traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Sears at the Poughkeepsie Galleria will be the latest to close, with signs going up reading “store closing sale,” and “everything must go” throughout the store. Transformco, Sears’ parent company, has been liquidating dozens of Sears and Kmart locations after acquiring the assets of Sears Holding Corporation last year. No official date has been set for the Poughkeepsie closing. Sears and Kmart have closed thousands of job…

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by Zak Failla
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Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors
Kmart In Yorktown Heights Closing Its Doors The Kmart in Yorktown Heights in the Yorktown Green Shopping Center is closing its doors in mid-December, according to store officials.  "After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart store in Yorktown Heights," said company spokesman Larry Costello. "The liquidation sale is expected to begin in mid-September and the store is planned to close by mid-December. We encourage customers to continue shopping on Kmart.com for all their product needs." Although Costello did not say how many employees would lose their jobs, a WARN notice to the sta…

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by Kathy Reakes