Kmart Group - Making Everyday Living Brighter

Two Iconic Australian Retail Brands

Kmart

• Established in 1969, first store in Burwood, VIC
• Now with 322 stores across Australia & New Zealand ~ 50,000+ team members
• Everyday products at the lowest prices

One Purpose, One Promise

To make everyday living brighter by providing great value products for Australians and New Zealanders.

Australia–India Corridor

• Anko Sourcing (India) – established in 2007 in Gurgaon, as the direct sourcing arm of Kmart Group Australia
• 125 employees across management, merchandising, QA, product tech, design & support
• Partnering with 100+ factories and 90+ suppliers across apparel, footwear, and general merchandise
• Growth momentum boosted by the Australia–India Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement (ECTA)
• India is now a key sourcing hub for Kmart and Target
  

Target

Founded in 1926 in Geelong, VIC

• 124 stores ~10,000 team members
• Known for apparel and home products at affordable prices
  

Global Reach, Local Impact

• 450+ stores in ANZ, serving 7M+ customers weekly
• 50,000+ people across Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, North America & Europe
• Partnering with 100+ factories and 90+ suppliers across apparel, footwear, and general merchandise
• Growth momentum boosted by the Australia–India Economic Cooperation & Trade Agreement (ECTA)
• India is now a key sourcing hub for Kmart and Target
  
  

Technology & Innovation Hub – Bengaluru

The Kmart Group is leveraging India as a source for technology services that are being delivered through Anko GCC, its captive Global Capability Centre based in Bengaluru.

The GCC operations started in 2018 with a business consulting company (ANSR) assisting in the set up. The unit was set up to support the launch of a new IT solution for Demand and Fulfilment (D&F), scaling up to support the modernisation of the Kmart merchandise systems, driving improvements in IT security as well as beginning to build capabilities in data analytics.

Since inception, the GCC has grown from strength to strength and is now an indispensable part of Kmart group. On the back of expansion in the breadth of services provided, the site has witnessed rapid growth and today the centre employs over 450 team members in Bengaluru supporting our Australia retail businesses.

The strategy from inception has been to leverage the site in Bangalore to build new technology capabilities that are critical to the group’s success. Over the past years, teams across mobile app development, sourcing and supply chain have been established in Bengaluru. Bengaluru is also a centre of excellence for Kmart’s Data and Analytics capability.

The team was established in 2019 and has been transformational in shifting Kmart group towards data driven decision making. More recently, the site is leading enhancements to the groups cyber security capability which supports IT security improvements through penetration testing and vulnerability management.

The centre had a proud moment of being awarded the “Most Impactful GCC Driven

Collaboration Award” at the NASSCOM GCC Awards in 2021 within a couple of years of operations.

Future Roadmap

• Scale up sourcing volumes from India across apparel & general merchandise
• Expand technology innovation through the Bengaluru GCC
• Continue to deliver value, quality, and sustainability to ANZ households

India is a key destination for Kmart & Target from a sourcing diversification perspective. There is concerted effort ongoing to grow the sourcing volumes from in India, including multiple product categories under Apparel and General

Merchandise.

Our innovation hub in Bangalore continues to grow and serve the technology needs of our retail business, enabling it to deliver a delightful shopping experience to our customers Australia & New Zealand.