What does the K in K-mart actually stand for?

Question

What does the K in K-mart actually stand for?

Answer 1

Krap

Answer 2

According to wikipedia, in 1977, S. S. Kresge Corporation changed its name to Kmart Corporation. So K probably stands for Kresge.

Answer 3

Kresge

Answer 4

It stands for Kresge the last name of the founder of the chain. At one time the stores were call S.K. Kresges and they competed with Woolworth's.

Answer 5

Kresgee

Answer 6

K-Mart, its sirt of reflexive as in: "GNU" means "GNU is Not Unix"

Well maybe not, but its a nice thought

Answer 7

It stands for Kresge. It was the name of a chain of stores back in the early 20th century. Around the time when Woolworth stores and etc. popped up. People at Kresge went to the name K-Mart after seeing Walmart and how well it went as a megastore.