The Kmart discount retail chain is closing four additional stores in New Jersey and one in Pennsylvania.

“After careful review, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to close the Kmart stores in Wayne, Trenton, Wall and Somers Point, N.J.," said Larry Castello, public relations director of Sears Holdings. The stores will close by mid-December.

The Kmart at 320 S. 25th St. in Easton is also scheduled to close by then.

Liquidation sales are expected to begin in mid-September.

Transform Co., the newly-formed parent company, recently announced 26 Sears and Kmart closings across the country. Transform Co. was formed after Sears Holdings declared bankruptcy in October 2018.

The company closed a Toms River store earlier this year. Other store closings along the Jersey Shore included Sears stores in Ocean Township, Toms River and Middletown, and Kmart in Brick.

"We encourage customers to continue shopping on Kmart.com for all their product needs,” Castello said in a statement.

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