What's more surprising is that Kmart still exists...

Kmart in Australia has been owned by Coles Australia since 1978, and since 1994 has had no association with the US Kmart.

It's very successful in Australia.

Kmart in Australia is best thought of as a fork from the original. The original in the United States is effectively defunct now.

As an Australian, I can say that Kmart here is an absolute powerhouse. They sell highly curated goods made in China for very cheap, it's a dream for young people on a budget. Poor delivery services here pushes people toward brick and mortar stores too.

Kmart in Australia is pretty good to be fair. Cheap goods with good enough quality. I put them above Temu or Shein. For toys or pet accessories, they are unmatched in price anywhere else.

Even more astonishing to me is that we’ve not just simply allowed something like ubiquitous camera surveillance and facial recognition, increasingly with effectively 100% coverage, but most people have actively participated in it with all their various cameras they even installed inside their home, let alone set up neighborhood surveillance systems.

And yes, they are all tapped and not even Orwell imagined what we’ve done to ourselves. But don’t worry, it will only get more apparent and worse once things are far beyond too late, when Minority Report will be noted for its cute and naive depiction.

Woolworths too!

This is Australia

too cheap to die

Yeah remember a decade or two ago they filed bankruptcy. Guess that is the wonders of Chapter 13 bankruptcy law in USA. And thanks to obfuscation of owner ship for corporations, god knows who owns them now.