Woolworths has extended its online shopping service to residents in South Australia, with Adelaide to be the first region to access the Woolworths online supermarket.  Customers living in Adelaide are now able to log onto Woolworths.com.au, ...

The finalists for the Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAs) have been announced, with some key trends emerging from entrants. The inaugural ORIAs program is designed to provide a standard for internet retailers to strive for, and will establish a ...

Classifieds were perhaps the forerunner to internet auctions, a forum for the public to sell off their unwanted possessions. The internet provides a greater immediacy to the category.But it would seem a transition from hardcopy publications to the we...

Online surf retailer, SurfStitch, is betting on Australia when the Soccer World Cup kicks off next week.  Any customer who spends over $150 on the SurfStitch site will receive a full cash refund should Australia win its group at the Soccer W...

The increasingly complementary nature of online and offline retailing has been confirmed in a new survey which shows 90 per cent of Australians are likely or very likely to research a purchase online before proceeding to buy the item offline within t...

Catchoftheday.com.au has launched sister site WINE.catchoftheday.com.au, a website dedicated to selling premium wine labels at the lowest prices.   Wine Catch of the Day offers shoppers savings ans discounted prices. Its first release, Wo...

Aussie online gifts are winning out over those from international vendors according to the latest top 20 list from Experian Hitwise.  Seventeen out of the 20 online retailers included in the Top 20 Flowers and Gifts list are Australian based...

Harvey Norman is monitoring social networking sites Facebook and Twitter full time to keep track of customer feedback.  Chairman Gerry Harvey has become notorious for his lack of support for online retailing, however, the latest step may indic...

Coles has extended its online shopping service in Queensland with the introduction of coles.com.au to residents in Townsville.  From May 26, coles.com.au will deliver groceries and fresh produce to customers within the Townsville and Magneti...

Australians love their sport and Experian Hitwise's Top 20 sports and fitness websites list indicates the online sports market is a very fragmented. The list features a mix of both pure play online retailers and traditional bricks and mortar retai...