As of now that's all it is ... just an unsubstantiated rumor however I'll go ahead and though it out there and see if anyone else has heard this. As with any other rumor only time will bear this one out but here goes.
One Florence businessman in a conversation with some delivery people was told an interesting rumor. It seems that if the rumor is in fact true that the Florence K-Mart at the corner of Florence Blvd and Cox Creek road will be closing and in it's place will be an Academy Sports.
I could see that happening because at that intersection there are two businesses that I just don't see being able to make their expenses based upon the number of people you see at the locations. The first, and worst, is Hardees and the other is K-Mart. Granted Hardees is setting in a boxed in corner where traffic going to the store has to access the frontage side road but still there hardly is ever any business. Bojangles seems to have taken all of Hardee's breakfast business and well K-Mart just never seems to have that many people shopping there.
So time will tell.