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It’s time to go back to school! What better way to kick of this year than with some new and free gear from Kmart’s Protege Sneaker…

The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a company that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores as rivals like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. spruced up their looks and turned into one-stop shopping sources.