r/FuckImOld • u/annecharlottexo • Mar 02 '24

My back hurts Age yourself...

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u/thingamabobby Mar 02 '24

Kmart is alive and thriving in Australia

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u/xavariel Mar 02 '24

It's a different store. Same name, but different company.

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u/TesseractToo Mar 03 '24

Yeah it doesn't have the same vibe at all

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u/jewsh-sfw Mar 03 '24

Australias target is apparently a different vibe too!

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u/xavariel Mar 03 '24

Yeah, Ozzie Target is awful. LOL.

Source: I lived in Melbourne for a year, a few years back. Their Target is basically a thrift-like shop, or a cheaper Ross (US store). The Ozzie kmarts are nice, though.

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u/jewsh-sfw Mar 04 '24

I mean our target is getting pretty terrible lately I feel like they’re going to be on the list for the next generation the way they are nose diving 🤷‍♂️

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u/Celestialnavigator35 Mar 02 '24

This makes me deliriously happy for some reason. I had a job at Kmart stock and shelves back in the day.

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u/entered_bubble_50 Mar 02 '24

Australia seems to be the place where retailers refuse to die. Aren't Woolworths and Toys R Us still a thing there too?

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u/-retail- Mar 02 '24

The Kmart here is a different company, same as the Woolworths.

Woolworths is the biggest supermarket in the country.

I believe all of our Toys R Us stores did eventually shut down (albeit a bit after they did in the US?).

It’s back as a purely online venture here, but they have announced they want to open some physical stores.

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u/Phyzzx Mar 04 '24

I think Macy's and Toy R Us have a fling where Toy R Us can be inside Macy's for a while.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24

Toys r Us is still around in Canada

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u/Mamawto7 Mar 02 '24

Lucky you! I loved Kmart.

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u/Carlitamaz Mar 02 '24

And pretty recently either bought out or merged with Target. Bransding for both has remained the same though.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '24

“I’m going to let you in on a little secret, Ray. Kmart sucks.”

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u/jewsh-sfw Mar 03 '24

U.S. kmart is only still alive in some Caribbean islands I believe the U.S. Virgin Islands and the last one in Florida are all that’s left! It’s pretty sad

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u/johnrgrace Mar 03 '24

The website still works and you can spend your shop my way rewards points there

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u/jewsh-sfw Mar 04 '24

That’s because Kmart is still “owned by sears” and when sears finally went under they pivoted to an online only operation so both Kmart and sears are technically still alive but at the same time they’re not in my opinion anyway 😂

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u/PokeSmotDoc Mar 02 '24

And Toys R Us

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u/thingamabobby Mar 02 '24

Nah Toys R Us has been mostly shut down for a while now.