Kmart to Shut Down Stores, Cut Jobs

Published January 15, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Michigan-based Kmart Corporation says it will close more than 300 stores and eliminate more than 35,000 jobs in the coming months. The move comes one year after the discount chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Jerome Vaughn of member station WDET reports.

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