2y ago

What the merger between retail giants Kmart and Target could mean for your weekly shopping routine

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2y ago

What the merger between retail giants Kmart and Target could mean for your weekly shopping routine

www.abc.net.au /news/2023-07-25/kmart-and-target-merger-no-change-stores/102643226

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because what even is Target anymore. An expensive Kmart?
- Their products are sometimes better in quality and usually closer aligned to current fashion trends. It depends on the product, but there are definitely some things that I think are worth paying more for at Target compared to Kmart.
  
  I second this. They have some really nice jackets in larger sizes
Wait. Do people go into Kmart and target weekly?
- 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.
  
  Yep, I get all my kids clothes from kmart/target. No point getting expensive clothes when they'll outgrow them anyway.
- 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 ...
- 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).
- 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.
  
  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.
Aren't both companies owned by wesfarmer ,?
- The article does mention that.
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
- KMart Australia has no relation to KMart USA anymore, it's completely separate.
  Target is worse, it was never affiliated at all.

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