<P> In January 2015, Kmart agreed to pay $102,048 and other consideration to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability discrimination lawsuit . According to the lawsuit, Kmart offered a job at its Hyattsville, Maryland, store to a candidate with kidney disease on dialysis . The candidate advised the hiring manager that he could not provide a urine sample for the company's mandatory pre-employment drug screening because of his medical condition, and requested a reasonable accommodation such as a blood test or other drug test that did not require a urine sample; Kmart had refused to provide an alternative test and denied the candidate employment . </P> <P> In April 2016, Kmart announced that it was closing 68 stores . The chain announced in September 2016 that 64 more stores in 28 states would close by mid-December 2016 . </P> <P> In September 2016, Kmart closed 84 underperforming stores due to poor sales and lack of profitability . In December 2016, at least 25 Kmart locations were targeted for closure in early 2017 . </P> <P> In January 2017, Kmart announced that 78 more stores would close, including the first Kmart location in Garden City, MI . In May 2017, Kmart announced an additional 18 stores would close . Sears Holdings themselves revealed uncertainties as to if both Sears and Kmart will survive . In early June 2017, Kmart announced an additional 49 stores across the U.S. were planned to be shuttered by September 2017 . Financial analysts are now warning that the fate of Sears Holdings is nearing its end . However, Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert stated in October 2016 that there are no plans or have ever been plans to close the Kmart format and that they are working hard to make it a "more fun, engaging place to shop, powered by our integrated retail innovations and Shop Your Way". In early July 2017, Kmart had announced that 35 more stores would close by early October 2017 . In late August 2017, Kmart announced another 28 store closures . The sole Rhode Island location in Cranston is among those 28 store closures, making Kmart no longer in existence in the state of Rhode Island . On October 11, 2017, the Kmart store in Santa Rosa, California was apparently burnt down and destroyed due to massive wildfires in the Bay Area, adding to the list of closed stores . On October 17, 2017, Kmart announced closings of several locations by late November, but hasn't disclosed the exact amount of closing locations . </P>

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