It has been a slow, painful death, and unfortunately, it's still ongoing.Kmart, the storied discount retailer that boasted thousands of locations, is down to its last 34 stores, according to Forbes. From its humble beginnings in Detroit as the S.S. Kresge Company, the chain, which changed its name to Kmart in 1977, once dominated the discount store market, according to the New … [Read more...] about Battle of the ‘marts: One chain booms; the other fades