Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Kmart New Iberia LA

This is the only Kmart in the Lafayette/ New Iberia metro area. This store is located at 900 East Admiral Doyle Drive in New Iberia LA. A Super Kmart near the Mall of Acadiana on Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. closed in the early 2000's in Lafayette. The Super Kmart location was preceded by a smaller Kmart down Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. The entrance to this store is a typical 1970's Kmart entrance with the 1990's Big Kmart logo.

Here is the New Iberia Louisiana Kmart for your viewing pleasure. 
Newer Craftsman signs have also been placed next to the 1990's Big Kmart signage.
At the back corner of the store looking towards the electronics department.
Pharmacy
Electronics
One of the clothing departments.
The hardware area has some of the newer red Kmart section markers. 
A month ago this LSU gear would have been full price; after the crushing LSU championship game loss the gear sells for half price.
The checkout lanes.
The clothing department is larger here than in Lake Charles.
This appears to be a labelscar from the cafe that was once here in this space. Some Kmart stores have closed off the former cafe areas or opened the area up for more sales space.
To the far right you see an Olan Mills portrait studio which appears to still be operational.
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5 comments:

  1. NickEMay 26, 2012 at 10:39 PM

    Nice post!I like the visible Kmart Cafe label-scar. The Big Kmart signage sure is aging, but I would say this 1970s store seems to be in better condition than others. I would like to point out that the signs hanging from the ceiling are not 90s style, but are instead the style used right after the Kmart and Sears merger.

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    1. AnonymousJune 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM

      Obviously, it is time to Kmart to die...

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    2. jeJuly 6, 2014 at 12:55 AM

      Slowly Kmart is shrinking, around 5-10 stores a month are being closed. Some Kmarts are better than others, but I would like to see the chain survive.

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  2. Christopher SlimDecember 15, 2021 at 4:38 PM

    I worked at this particular Kmart while i was in college around 1992-1995ish. I worked in Hardware and in the Garden Center. It was a pretty great job for the most part. Have some good memories of this place. Prior to that, when i was a younger child, this Kmart's Cafeteria was located in the rear of the store and all the kids in my family LOVED going have lunch there! (later in the late 80s or early 90s they relocated the Cafe to the extreme right side of the store as shown in these photos)
    Anyway...what a happy surprise stumbling onto this great blog entry. Thanks!

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    1. jeDecember 22, 2021 at 9:58 AM

      I appreciate your kind words and sharing your story with us. If you have any photos from those days and would like to share them here, please email me at Southernmalls@gmail.com

      I remember the older Cafes in the stores. Unfortunately Kmart went the route of Walmart and Target to have either a snack bar or fast food restaurant like Little Caesars.

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