What the merger between retail giants Kmart and Target could mean for your weekly shopping routine
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-25/kmart-and-target-merger-no-change-stores/102643226
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-25/kmart-and-target-merger-no-change-stores/102643226
23 Comments
Dreadrat@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 3y
because what even is Target anymore. An expensive Kmart?
Ilandar@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
billstickers@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Wait. Do people go into Kmart and target weekly?
yesterdayshero@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Yes. I don't personally, but know Kmart at least is cheap for clothing basics, especially for kids. It also has cheap homeware and small appliances. Not everyone can afford to buy expensive brands.
Edit: should also point out, they pretty much have clearance stuff on sale weekly, so people probably go to see what they can get for cheap.
TassieTosser@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Yep, I get all my kids clothes from kmart/target. No point getting expensive clothes when they'll outgrow them anyway.
OnlyAwfulNamesLeft@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y
I get most of my everyday clothes from Target. You get the occasional dodgy seam, but for jeans, trackies, and t-shirts they're pretty good. In no way haute couture, but it's $10 a t-shirt.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
How long do their jeans last?
OnlyAwfulNamesLeft@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 3y
Not long, but I'm no tradie, I barely wear them, so long enough for me.
Designate6361@lemmy.letthewookiee.win · 1 pts · 3y
I do, its cheap and decent quality, pretty much all of my Gym gear comes from Kmart as oppose to spending $200 on Puma gear ...
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 3y
Perhaps people that buy lots of chocolate and confectionery? That's the biggest theoretical demographic I can think of (my only other thought are people that buy new clothes and underwear rather than using a washing machine, but I don't think that would be many).
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · -3 pts · 3y
There are many who live in shopping deserts (? I think I got that name wrong) where Target or Kmart may be their only choice for groceries.
lordriffington@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I suspect your frame of reference for this might be from somewhere other than Australia. Neither one has groceries in Australia, other than a small selection of snacks.
That said, almost every shopping centre where you get one of the big supermarkets, you'll also get at least a Kmart or Target.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · -1 pts · 3y
Yeah... I didn't look where this was being posted before I commented.
yoz@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Aren't both companies owned by wesfarmer ,?
lordriffington@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
The article does mention that.
Jackcooper@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
As an American reading the headline I was like how the hell is K Mart merging with anything besides a bankruptcy but I get how they might have had more recent success elsewhere
Mountaineer@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
KMart Australia has no relation to KMart USA anymore, it's completely separate.
Target is worse, it was never affiliated at all.