Lake County News,California – Marshalls announces August grand opening for new Lakeport store

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Marshalls said Friday that it’s preparing to open its new store in Lakeport next month, while CareerPoint Lake is set to host a hiring event starting next week.

The new store, to be located at 2017 South Main St. in a portion of the former Kmart store, will have its grand opening from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22.

This week, CareerPoint Lake also announced that it has partnered with Marshalls to host a hiring event for 60 open positions.

Available positions are for cleaning, merchandizing, warehouse and customer service associates. The hiring rate is $16 per hour with a part-time schedule. The company said growth opportunities are available.

In-person interviews will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, July 22, through Thursday, July 25, at CareerPoint Lake, 55 First St., Lakeport. Walk-ins are welcome. For information call 707-262-3116 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Marshalls is owned by the TJX Companies Inc., reported to be the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide.

TJX reported that it has more than 4,900 stores in nine countries. Of those, based on openings since the start of 2024, that number includes more than 1,200 Marshalls stores in the United States.

In addition to Lakeport’s store, in August Marshalls is opening new stores in Florida, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas.

Marshalls is the second retailer to open a new store in the former Kmart site.

Tractor Supply Co. opened its new store on the other end of the building May 19. That’s the second Tractor Supply store in Lake County; the other is in Clearlake.

There’s so far been no confirmation from the city of Lakeport about a business to fill the third spot, located between Tractor Supply and Marshalls.

The addition of another retailer is promising news for the city of Lakeport, which lost a major source of sales tax revenue when Kmart closed the store — reported to be one of the top 25 performers in the United States — at the end of 2019 after about 30 years in operation.

Before the Kmart closure, the city hired The Retail Coach to recruit new businesses to the city.

The company has played a key role in the work to bring Tractor Supply and Marshalls into the city’s retail mix.

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