Kmart Corporation: Revitalizing the Blue Light Special Your Name Here Your University Course I.D. Course Name Instructors name In 1899, A Detroit businessman by the name of Sebastian Kresge opened a five and dime store under the company name S.S. Kersge Corporation. Kersge continued to expand his vision by opening and opened his first Kmart store in 1962. Early in the 1970's Kmart set the tempo for other discount stores by continuing to expand and …showed first 75 words of 1334 total…

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