Kmart Australia Limited

What a truly memorable morning at our support office for this year’s Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal! 🎄✨ We were privileged to be joined by our Adelaide store team member Eve Kibblewhite who had the idea 37 years ago that started the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal, Warren Elliott from The Salvation Army Australia and one of our amazing Wishing Tree Champions Corey Parker. The morning was topped off by a performance from band members from The Salvation Army and a carol performance from some of our Kmart Chirnside Park team members. If you’re able, please consider contributing a gift or financial contribution to help spread joy this Christmas: https://lnkd.in/ggFhTGR

Earlier this week, we kicked off our 31st Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal in Wellington, New Zealand with a special launch event alongside key leaders including our very own Joel Denney, Craig Baxter, Trish Briggs, The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga & Samoa Chief Secretary Gerry Walker and Ward Councillor Mike Duncan. 🎉🎄✨🎁

Take a look at the highlights from our Parliament House Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal Launch in support of our charity partner The Salvation Army Australia. We were honoured to once again have the support of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other Members of Parliament join us in placing the first gifts under the tree.

This week our teams rolled up their sleeves for #NationalRecyclingWeek, doing our bit for the planet and our commitment to reducing, reusing, repurposing or recycling waste to build a circular economy 🌍🌱 We tackled everything from old samples and empty boxes to Christmas decorations, old equipment, and hard waste across our Melbourne offices. In the spirit of giving, we also made donations to our Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal, with thoughtful contributions that can be gifted to bring joy to thousands of families this Christmas. 🎁✨

Last week in Perth, we set up our exciting exhibition booth at this year’s Wesfarmers Annual General Meeting. We were thrilled to showcase our latest Kmart homeware range, ‘Dyurali Budyari,’ meaning ‘beautiful growth,’ created in collaboration with the talented Kyralee Shields. 🕯️✨🪴 Our co-branded booth with Target Australia highlighted our strong commitment to reconciliation and showcased our ongoing efforts to connect with First Nations communities through our collaborations with Indigenous artists. Thank you to everyone who visited us, and a huge well done and thank you to our incredible team members across the business who made this event a tremendous success! 🌟

Today at Parliament House in Canberra, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Opposition Leader The Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Greens Adam Bandt and Members of Parliament came together to support and launch our 37th Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal, joined by our CEO John Gualtieri and The Salvation Army Australia.   We are immensely proud to partner with the Salvation Army in Australia’s longest-running gift collection drive, which will once again help thousands of families in need this Christmas in communities right around Australia.   Thank you to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and all Members of Parliament at today’s event for your generosity and your time, and thank you and good luck to our teams right across Australia – the passion and time you give to the Appeal each year is inspiring. We couldn’t do it without you! 🎄✨🎁 To find out how you can get involved, please visit: https://lnkd.in/gNCNFUJ2

We’re thrilled to celebrate the incredible effort our teams put into this year’s STEPtember challenge! Last month, our people came together with a shared purpose: to make a positive impact on the lives of those living with cerebral palsy. Thanks to our teams across Kmart and Target Australia, we raised an amazing $47,422 and collectively took 495,041,775 steps.   We also doubled our dollar matching this year. Together, we will contribute $23,000 to the Cerebral Palsy Alliance by matching donations from our top 40 fundraisers - double last year’s top 20. That’s over $70,000 raised for Cerebral Palsy Alliance programs. We’re especially proud that Kmart and Target ranked number one among all participating organisations in Australia!

Kmart, together with Target Australia have scored 12th in this year's Baptist World Aid Australia Ethical Fashion Report, putting us in the top 20% of fashion brands that were measured globally. The report measures the fashion industry's progress on worker rights and environmental sustainability throughout supply chains, providing a comprehensive, industry-wide snapshot   We have had ambitious plans in the sustainability space for many years, with team members across our business, global suppliers, and partnerships, all working towards achieving these results. While we are extremely proud of this achievements we will never be complacent about our responsibility to always improve.   To read the full report: https://lnkd.in/g53sws-d including a brand spotlight on Kmart & Target (page 26).

A very special win for the third year in a row! Proud to be the Roy Morgan Most Trusted Department Store.

As one of Australia’s largest retailers, we’re proud to have partnered with the Queensland Government and RMIT University on this landmark study – which will give industry and government the vital data we need in order to develop evidence-based initiatives that directly and demonstrably reduce the amount of clothing ending up in landfill.