Talk:Kmart Australia

Appropriate

Is most of this information, especially the lower half, appropriate for WP? I only edited it because some of it was false, but I dont really think it is relevant for WP at all. --Crazycrazyduck 12:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Agree with this. Too much of it reads like company website information. Details such as major credit cards being accepted is hardly adding to the knowledge pool. Murtoa 03:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

The article reads too much like a staff manual - I believe much of the detail - photo labs, in-store radio etc is irrelevant and not encyclopedic. Murtoa 12:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Just because information is about a chain of retail stores doesn't make it less valuable than that about a minor actor or tiny village somewhere. K-Mart employs thousands of people, and millions visit it each year. Surely this gives it some importance. 203.208.120.150 06:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

The issue is not whether Kmart Australia is a topic worthy of its own article - it clearly is and is not in dispute. Rather, what is being questioned is the content in the article that is not worthy of note. Content should add to the reader's understanding of the subject, by highlighting noteworthy features or items of difference. By this measure, references to services that you would expect in any retailer of this type (eg. service desk, Lay-by, fitting rooms, photo lab, rain checks, catalogue specials, delivery and parcel pick up) do not add to the article's relevance. Nor would details on how catalogues operate, unless it was a point of difference from what competitors would do. Also, content that can not be verified by secondary sources or that would only be of primary interest to employees should not be included. The way stores are divided for management purposes is an example of this. Murtoa 08:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an employee and I find it interesting to read things that are not usually public information. Wikipedia is where I come to get 'inside information' on things that you would not normally be able to find 129.78.64.100 11:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Long lists of what is found in a Kmart store, particularly where the content of the list matches almost exactly what any discount department store would carry is non-notable and I have edited. Have also edited minutiae about how the store management is internally structured. This non-verifiable, internally focussed information is not notable and doesn't belong in Wikipedia. Murtoa 06:47, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Whilst I agree that some information is not nessesary or notable, the removal of detailed information (for example that a company called ARN provides the instore radio via Optus satellite) into brief statements of fact (eg. Stores have an instore radio) seems to me to be a backward step and a loss of knowledge which is surely against what an encyclopedia is about. 129.78.64.100 11:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Agree that it's a judgement call, and information should not be edited just for the sake of it, but Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. I can't see how details about who supplies Kmart's in-store radio service could be of any notable interest for anybody apart from ARN and the those at Kmart who liaise with ARN. To take it a step further, unless Kmart's in-store radio is somehow unique or at least noteworthy compared with in-store radio at other retailers, then it is not noteworthy. More widely, this article could continue to benefit from an externally verifiable, not internal viewpoint. Wikipedia is not designed to be a repository of insider-contributed unverifiable munitiae. Murtoa 02:03, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Number of Stores

I noticed that in the history section, it is noted that there are 172 Australian Stores. However the state totals only add up to 165, 7 short. As well as the 15 in NZ, takes the total to 180, 7 short from the 187 quoted. Given that it would be wrong to change any numbers without knowledge of how many stores there were last July (which I don't), I won't do so. And given that Kmart.com.au is just one of many retail sites that have changed from a simple list of all stores in a given state, to typing in postcode or suburb, this method gives much more inaccurate results, and I could only successfully count SA and NT stores (which I can confirm are 13 and 2 respectively, as of toady. 14th SA store to open later this year.), as I don't know where regional stores hide in other states. But nonetheless, I feel this number should be fixed. We can assume NZ's 15 is right, so the problem either lays in one of the eastern states or WA. Neoballmon III (talk) 08:44, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Found an updated map. Page 16 SPARKZY 10:54, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

References

Sue Smith

On the topic of Sue Smith. There is no managing director in New Zealand that I am aware of named Rachel. I work for Kmart in New Zealand myself, and I know of only Sue Smith and Guy Russo as the managing directors of New Zealand and Australia respectively.

I shall try and find something that proves she is in that role.--222.155.214.251 (talk) 12:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I've found a few sources with state Sue Smith as a General Manager for Kmart New Zealand SPARKZY 00:39, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

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Why no links to the US KMART article?

Are these not related, at least in their past? TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 18:34, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Questions about ANZAC

Hello, American here. I had a few questions for this article.

• Is it ANZAC or Anzac Day? The article on this Wikipedia is not all capped. The linked reference (Daily Telegraph) does not all-cap it. It would seem (to me) like it should be all-capped as it is an acronym.
• This article makes reference to "stores trading," as in " but doesn't specify - no wikilink to any such article. Would that be like a big-box retailer?
• can someone specify what connection to the U.S Kmart, if any, even historically? the S.S. Kresge Company under "History" links to Sears Holdings, a holding company that didn't even exist until 2004, and was clearly not around in 1968.

Thanks. hbdragon88 (talk) 04:54, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

The Corps was "ANZAC" but the day is "Anzac". Kmarts are often in malls rather than freestanding so given the emphasis on physical form at the big-box retailer article use department Store. Kresge should target Kmart#History. ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 06:38, 10 October 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks. I have made updates to the article. hbdragon88 (talk) 06:00, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

In house brands Campbellfield Store.

When Campbellfield (Vic) opened in the 1970s it was a sensation. Even had a cafeteria. One of the few places you could buy Made in USA goods. I sure miss the Focal photographic line. Above the front entrance was a notice "licensed firearms and secondhand dealer". Wonderful garden and hardware supplies. Performa paint was better than anything. 144.139.83.214 (talk) 11:16, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

should anko be its own article?

maybe anko should be its own article, or is there not enough to say about anko to make it into its own article? Anthony2106 (talk) 10:47, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Having edited this article in 2023, I'm disappointed to see that much of the cultural context surrounding Kmart's successful rebranding has been lost in the current version. The Anko story is about how Kmart simplified its supply chains, and hired key designers and product buyers in fashion and homewares who aligned the house brand with global design trends. So Kmart started to offer much cheaper 'dupes' of prestigious items including kitchen appliances, furniture, decor and clothing. These on-trend products, which looked more expensive than they were, boosted Kmart's popularity among social-media influencers and in 'Kmart Hacks' online communities, whose content in turn was recycled in mainstream media as consumer-focused 'bargains' and 'tips and tricks'. All this made Kmart financially successful in the Wesfarmers era but more importantly, it produced a cultural shift whereby Kmart was no longer seen as a shabby discount store that tried to do a little bit of everything but didn't do anything very well. Instead it became seen as a cohesive source of affordable, accessible and covetable lifestyle products, to the point where people could dress entirely in Anko and furnish and decorate their entire homes with Anko products. Pureriviera (talk) 03:23, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

So no? Anthony2106 (talk) 07:39, 19 November 2024 (UTC)