Maritime identification digits (MID) [edit]. An MID consists of three digits, always starting with a number from 2 to 7 (assigned regionally). A second MID can be assigned once the first or subsequently allocated MID is more than 80% exhausted, and the rate of assignments is such that 90% exhaustion is foreseen.
When did K-Mart first open in Christchurch? The company called Kmart was founded in the year 1977 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The very first Kmart opened in the year 1994 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Kmart is a discount store name and perhaps more able to compete with Wal-Mart on that basis than Sears, he said. There have been several corporate mergers in the past where the buyer kept the acquired company's brand and lost its own name, including First Union's purchase of Wachovia in 2001.