K-mart Timeline:
1899 - S.S. Kresge Company founded by Sebastian S. Kresge.
1912 - S.S. Kresge Company incorporated in Delaware with 85 stores and sales of $10,325,000.
1916 - S.S. Kresge Company reincorporated in Michigan.
1918 - S.S. Kresge Company became a publicly traded company and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
1929 - Canadian subsidiary S.S. Kresge Company, Ltd. was founded. By year end, 19 stores were operating in Canada.
1952 - S.S. Kresge Company was one of the first retailers to convert stores to checkout operations and to open stores in shopping centers.
1962 - With Harry B. Cunningham as president, the company opened the first Kmart discount department store in a suburb of Detroit. Seventeen other Kmart stores opened the same year.
1966 - Founder Sebastian S. Kresge died at age 99.
1966 - Sales topped the $1 billion mark for the first time. Number of stores climbed to 915, including 162 Kmart stores.
1968 - S.S.......
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