Falling sales put discount department stores under pressure

By Carolyn Cummins
Updated October 31 2014 - 2:08pm, first published 1:43pm
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic".  Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic". Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic".  Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic". Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic".  Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic". Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic".  Photo: Tony Ashby
Mark down: Shoppers at a Target store in Perth. Property analysts have called the discount department sector in Australia "problematic". Photo: Tony Ashby

Shopping centre landlords are facing an uphill challenge in deciding whether to keep discount department stores, which are one of one of the worse performing sectors in the retail sector.

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