Target Australia
Australian department store chain
Target Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Lindsay's and Lindsay's Target, formerly stylised as Target. and doing business as Target and Target Australia) is a department store chain owned by Australian retail conglomerate Wesfarmers. Target stocks clothing, cosmetics, homewares, electronics, books, and toys selling both in-store and online. The company's head office is located in the Melbourne suburb of Williams Landing which the company moved to in 2018. Despite the identical logo and name and similar type of outlets, Target Australia have never had a direct relation or affiliation to the American retailer Target Corporation.
History
Beginnings as Lindsay's
In 1926, George Lindsay and Alex McKenzie opened their first store in Geelong selling dress fabrics, bedding and furnishings. Lindsay began his retail empire five years earlier, running a store in Ouyen, Victoria, but moved to Geelong to increase the opportunity for growth. The company progressively established stores throughout Victoria, running with a policy of selling quality goods at half the normal rate of profit.
In 1968, Myer Emporium purchased the chain of 16 stores and renamed the company Lindsay's Target. Baillieu Myer was able to license the name and logo from the U.S. retailer.
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