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Kmart MD talks Target merger, shrinkage, and adapting to customer behaviour

Inside Retail

With customers continuing to seek more value as cost-of-living pressures bite, Wesfarmers’ Kmart Group is set to benefit from shifting consumer demand, and an increasingly strong value proposition. While value for money is undoubtedly a large focus for retailers moving forward, stamping out shrinkage is another. Target of theft ?

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Retail’s Last-Mile Challenge

Retail TouchPoints

In London, as shoppers return to storied Oxford and Spencer streets after long COVID-19 lockdowns, they’re being greeted by the sight of boarded-up windows and a $23.4 Yet as pundits ponder the death of the department store, the industry is racing to reimagine where and how it sells goods. In the U.S.,