Sears, K-Mart Stores Struggling

Analysts say this may be the final Black Friday for Sears and K-Mart,

when the chains merged in 2005, there were 3,500 stores across the country.

Sixteen years later, there are 21 full-line Sears stores and just six K-Marts.

It's not the only chain that is hurting. Lord and Taylor folded during the pandemic and J.C. Penney declared bankruptcy.