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.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Sam Walton, here is his story: Many trace discount retailing's birth to 1962, the first year of operation for Kmart, Target and Wal-Mart. But by that time, Sam Walton's tiny chain of variety stores in Arkansas and Kansas was already facing competition from regional discount chains. Sam traveled the country to study this radical, new retailing concept and was convinced it was the wave of the future.