Does Anybody Love K-Mart?

A retail giant nears extinction, and exits New Jersey

Back in August, while we were at my parents’ house in New Jersey for a week, I saw a news story announcing the impending closure of the Westwood, New Jersey K-Mart. Five or 10 years ago, that would barely have registered as a story to me. It was happening all the time, after all. But now it does register, because the Westwood location was one of only th…