K-mart

Chalk one up for corporate accountability. Kmart's former leader has been found guilty of misleading shareholders as the retailer sped toward a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.All this happened in 2001, but Charles Conaway, Kmart's CEO at the time, has been on trial for misleading investors prior to...

When I walk down the pet aisle in K-mart, I see lots of reasonably priced dog foods -- but none I would actually feed my dog. When I was younger and poorer and had never heard of melanine, K-mart seemed fine. But then I was terrified -- along with just about every other dog owner -- by the pet food...

As I stood in line at my local K-Mart watching an inept clerk crash the store's credit card verification program, I realized that the store had crossed my line between good and bad bargains. I doubt I'll ever shop there again, because it's too cheap for me. The signs were everywhere. The exterior...