Kmart to lay off nearly 150 workers in Ohio, including 73 in Dayton

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Approximately 73 workers in the Dayton area will lose their jobs, according to a WARN notice sent to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The Dayton Daily News is working to obtain more information about the timeline for layoffs and store closures in the area.

Kmart will also lay off 76 employees in Toledo, where one store will close permanently in late September.

“This is part of a strategy both to address losses from unprofitable stores and to reduce the square footage of other stores because many of them are simply too big for our current needs,” Sears Chief Executive Eddie Lampert said in a blog post on the closures.

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Sears Holdings lost $2.2 billion in sales in 2016. In late March, the company issues a somber message and officials said there is “substantial doubt” that Kmart and Sears can continue to survive. The ominous warning came in an annual report filed with the Security and Exchange Commission.

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