While the store is all but empty, the doors will not officially close at the Target Country store in the Armidale Plaza until March 20.
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The Express understand that most staff have found other jobs to go to, although they are not within the Wesfarmers Group, which owns Target Country.
Armidale Plaza has a number of unoccupied shops at the moment, but manager Tracy Warren said the former Target Country space would not be vacant for long.
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"They will take over the lease at the start of the month but will have a bit of work to do before they start to trade," Ms Warren said.
"I don't have any comment to make on the other vacancies at this stage."
Regional Target stores fared the worst of the 284-store network under changes the business' owner Wesfarmers outlined in May 2020.
The company is converting up to 40 Target stores and 52 Country Target stores in regional areas to Kmart stores.
It is also closing up to 25 large format stores and 50 small-format Target Country stores.
In all, between 122 and 167 locations are either be converted or shut, accompanied by a significant reduction in Target's store support office.
"We understand these closures will affect a lot of people in the Target community, and we appreciate your patience and understanding during these challenging times," Target said in a message to customers.
"We are committed to providing every opportunity for redeployment for our team members who will be affected by these changes.
"We are proud to have a rich history as an Australian company, and we are committed to serving you, our valued customers, now and into the future. "
The changes to Target stores are mostly happening in 2021.
Big W closed at Armidale Central in January, and to date no replacement has been announced.
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