K MART <KM> ENDS TALKS TO SELL STORES K Mart Corp said recent talks to sell 65 remaining Kresge variety stores and their underlying real estate to F.W. Woolworth Co <Z> have ended. Robert Stevenson, K Mart vice president, told Reuters the talks, which began about six weeks ago, ended. He declined to give a reason. Kresge is the forerunner of what is now the K Mart chain. The name was changed to K Mart in 1977, Stevenson said. "We're selling and buying real estate in our real estate division, and Woolworth was interested in some of our properties. The talks were of a casual nature," he said. The 65 Kresge stores that are scattered around the country in downtown and suburban locations, he said. Stevenson said K Mart will continue to operate the stores. "The stores are profitable. The only decision K Mart has made is that we will continue to operate them," he said Kresge had been a nationwide chain of 900 variety stores.