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Matthew Elmas

Kmart earnings plunge as lockdowns bite department stores

Wesfarmers says its department stores have struggled with COVID lockdowns. Photo: AAP

Profits at department chains Kmart and Target have tanked, in what their owner describes as the “most disrupted period for our businesses since the onset of COVID-19”.

Kmart Group posted a 63.4 per cent decline in earnings for the last six months of 2021, about $309 million less than the same period in 2020.

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