Kmart caters to Hispanics and nobody shops in Sears anymore. Story is a nothingburger.
The last time I stood in a Kmart was around 2007. I remember standing there and looking around for 50 feet, and felt like I was in some ghetto operation. The clothing style was mostly cheapo stuff ($8 shirts, $12 pants, etc). After fifteen minutes, I finally left with nothing. It was my first visit in a decade...having been overseas for the most part.
I can remember going almost weekly in the late 1970s, and even hitting the cheapo restaurant operation that they used to have (they had great chilli-dogs in those days).
Sears? The last Sears I entered was in 2012. I walked around at 4PM in the store and just felt it was odd that as far as I could look in any direction...I could only see six customers in the whole store. This was in the midst of summer and I felt like they were just not attracting anyone.