Save/Replace Moranbah Target

Movement:Save Our Targets!

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The issue

Moranbah is a small community located in Central Queensland and our community will be greatly impacted by the closure of our local Target store.  

Moranbah Target is opened seven days a week and has been servicing the Moranbah community and providing local jobs for many years.  It provides our community with the necessities that are required for everyday living.  

The closure of Moranbah Target will require the community to travel just over two and a half hours to the nearest target/town!  

The local community understands there is online options available however, this is not suitable for all residents, for example the elderly and people who do not have online access. 

I urge Mr Rob Scott CEO of Wesfarmers to perhaps visit our community and see for himself the limited resources available and strongly reconsider the closure of our store.  
Mr Scott would you personally like to travel two and a half hours for necessities or would you like to wait a week or more for your online order (of necessities)  to arrive?

 

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Amanda SchyPetition starter
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Target Australia
Target Australia
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“Since our announcement last week about the closure of our Moranbah store, we have been overwhelmed by messages of concern and support from our customers. The decision to make such significant changes to our business has not been easy, and particularly the very difficult decision to close stores is not one that is made lightly, but it is absolutely necessary for the survival and sustainability of the broader business and the thousands of people we employ. We are very aware that what was announced will have a significant impact on many people, most importantly our team members and their customers, and on regional communities where stores will be closing.   In regional Australia, only about half of our Target Country stores are suited to being converted to smaller format Kmart stores because they meet a range of criteria including location, population catchments and being large enough to make the small format model work. Regrettably, many of our regional stores are not suitable for conversion, and while we appreciate the sentiment behind, and intent of, your petition to convert or keep the store open, we are unable to revisit the decision. We acknowledge this is a tough time for our team members and for our customers, and we will support them and you as best we can. We continue to focus on improving our online shopping offer within Target and our digital capability across Kmart, Target and Catch. We’re working hard to retain, as best we can, the convenience our customers currently have access to in store, by providing a range of online pickup and delivery options right across Australia. We know there is little we can say that will ease your disappointment over the closure of our Moranbah store, but we hope that this information provides additional context around what was a difficult but necessary decision. Target Managing Director Marina Joanou”
Rob Scott Wesfarmers
Rob Scott Wesfarmers

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Petition created on 22 May 2020