Kmart (United States)

1899–1904
Kmart  was created in 1899 as Kresge's (alternatively known as The S.S. Kresge Company).

1922–1958


During this time two "S.S. KRESGE CO." logos were used. Placed in respective order.

1958–1962
This is the final SS Kresge Logo. Although the company opened the first Kmart store in 1962, the company name remained the same. In 1962 SS Kresge announced that the company will rename itself as Kmart Corporation.


 * https://searsholdings.com/about/kmart/kmart-history). The "SSK" logo remained in mostly internal use such as on price tags into the 21st century.

1962–1990
In 1962, The S.S. Kresge Company opened its first Kmart stores. The last of the SS Kresge stores were sold off in 1990.

1990–2004
This logo was introduced in September 1990. It is still seen at many older Kmart stores.

2002–2016
This logo was only used at five prototype locations. Four in the Peoria, IL area Peoria, Pekin, Morton and Washington as well as White Lake, MI. The name of the city would be displayed alongside or under this logo. The colors were changed as well using grey and lime colors. This logo was finally discontinued with the closure of the Morton Kmart in 2016.

2004–present
In 2004, Kmart acquired Sears to become Sears Holding Corporation and created a new logo, and most of the Big and Super Kmart stores were rebranded as simply 'Kmart' while keeping their features. Two alternate versions of this logo exist, one used on many locations removes the lowercase K (often replacing it with the larger K at the top) and another removes the large K at the top, however this was only used at three locations, the first being in Redlands, California.