As most people are aware by now, Kohl's grocery stores will all be closing by the end of August.

It's not so different from K-mart being neutralized by Wal-Mart on one end and Target on the other. In this case, Pick & Save and Jewel-Osco simply out-marketed, out-priced, and out-smarted those running Kohl's.

That having been said, it does sadden me that Kohl's is closing. When I was growing up, my mother and I would always shop at the Kohl's store in downtown Waukesha. That particular store has now closed, but like many of them around Milwaukee, you can always tell the lifeless building once housed a Kohl's grocery store. They had that unique 1950s architecture, and while many have been converted to something else, the ghost of Kohl's still lingers.