Target Australia

Target Australia Pty Ltd (formerly Empororama and Lindsay's) is a mid-price department store chain and Australia's largest (by store number), owned by Wesfarmers. It operates 183 Target stores and 125 Target Country stores across Australia making 308 combined stores with its national store support office located in North Geelong, Victoria. An established and well known retailer, the company sells branded clothing, cosmetics, toys, homewares, electrical, pet care, fitness and consumer electronics. In 1968, Target Australia, then known as Lindsay’s Target Pty Ltd., adopted the Target name. There is no connection to Target in the United States, nor has there ever been one. The reason the United States and Australia can both have Target stores despite having no connection to each other is that trademark law is not international but is on a country-by-country basis. Target Australia is part of the original Coles MYER group, which originated and was based in Melbourne.