2021 Could Be Last Holiday Season For Sears, K-Mart

There were 3,500 stores across the U.S. when the chains merged in 2005.

Analysts say this may be the final Black Friday for Sears and K-Mart, 

when the chains merged in 2005, there were 3,500 stores across the country. 

Sixteen years later, there are 21 full-line Sears stores and just six K-Marts.