3) Best Buy — Their current slogan is “Expert Service.
Unbeatable Price.” Best Buy provides a price match guarantee and a free in-store
pickup option.
Best Buy Logo
Company: Best Buy
Established: 1966
Founders: Richard M. Schulze
Revenue: $ 42.41 Billion
Headquarters: Richfield, Minnesota, U.S
Net Income: $532 million
Employees: 140,000
Twitter Followers: 588,267
Facebook Likes: 7,080,275
4) Sears Holding Corp — This holding company combines two
household retail names, Sears Roebuck and Kmart. A social media platform called
“Shop Your Way” provides a rewards program.
Sears Holding Corp Logo
Company: Sears Holding Group
Established: 2005
Founders: Merger – Kmart Holding & Sears
Revenue: $36.19 Billion
Headquarters: Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Net Income: $ -1.37 billion
Employees: 249,000
Twitter Followers: Sears-138,774 ; Kmart-109,028
Facebook Likes: Sears-3,742,012 ; Kmart-1,443,235
5) Macy’s — “The Magic of Macy’s” is a marketing slogan
designed to remind e-consumers of a priceless positive image that originated
with the timeless holiday movie classic, “Miracle on 34th Street.”
Macy's logo
Company: Macy’s
Established: 1858
Founders: Isidor Straus, Rowland Hussey Macy
Revenue: $27.93 Billion
Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio
Net Income: $730 million
Employees: 172,500
Twitter Followers: 643,574
Facebook Likes: 14,536,324
6) Staples — Along with other select merchants, Staples allows
e-consumers to shop with optional extra security by using Apple Pay. With a
Staple Rewards Plan, “Never Pay for Shipping.”
Staples Logo
Company: Staples
Established: 1986
Founders: Thomas G. Stemberg, Leo Kahn, Myra M. Hart
Revenue: $23.11 Billion
Headquarters: Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Net Income: $ −210.7 million
Employees: 83,008
Twitter Followers: 301,897
Facebook Likes: 1,333,403
7) Kohl’s — A recent slogan of “In a Word Yes” reflects an
effort by Kohl’s to provide a positive marketing theme that conveys easy
shopping, hassle-free returns and savings.
Kohl's Logo
Company: Kohl’s
Established: 1962
Founders: Maxwell Kohl
Revenue: $19.03 Billion
Headquarters: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Net Income: $889.0 million
Employees: 137,000
Twitter Followers: 298,882
Facebook Likes: 11,230,827
8) EBay — Due to its retail marketplace concept, eBay
provides the opportunity for individuals and businesses to sell both new and
secondhand merchandise through an established e-commerce brand.
EBay Logo
Company: EBay
Established: 1995
Founders: Pierre Omidyar
Revenue: $16.05 Billion
Headquarters: San Jose, CA
Net Income: 86 billion
Employees: 33,500
Twitter Followers: 433,479
Facebook Likes: 7,790,930
9) Office Depot — Reflecting market consolidation of
products for office use, Office Depot is now combined with OfficeMax. “Now One
Company. Now One Website.”
Office Depot Logo
Company: Office Depot
Established: 1986
Founders: Late F. Patrick Sher
Revenue: $11.49 Billion
Headquarters: Boca Raton, Florida
Net Income: $ -20 million
Employees: 64,000
Twitter Followers: 74,007
Facebook Likes: 891,518
10) Overstock.com — With a slogan of “It’s All About the
O,” this company specializes in buying inventory at liquidations such as when
Circuit City went out of business.
Overstock.com Logo
Company: Overstock
Established: 1999
Founders: Patrick M. Byrne
Revenue: $1.3 Billion
Headquarters: Salt Lake City, UT
Net Income: $88.5 million
Employees: 1,500
Twitter Followers: 50,796
Facebook Likes: 899,546
E-Commerce Questions Ahead
With the e-commerce retailing revolution already underway,
it is natural to wonder what is ahead. The prudent approach is for businesses
and individuals to keep an eye on the developing trends of emerging e-commerce
companies in the US. In the meantime, here are several open questions without a
definitive answer at this time:
Will physical stores become extinct?
What is the future for retail real estate?
Is the mall experience losing its appeal?
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OzBargain curates deals from multiple stores across
Australia and lists them on its platform. The deals are then used by searchers
to get the lowest prices for their purchases. It wouldn’t be wrong to call
Ozbargain the groupon of Australia.
Users can upvote the deals that they like, and these deals
then appear at the top of the category pages. The best ones are posted on the
home page. Anyone can post a deal, but they have to pass the vetting process of
the moderator before getting published.
Ozbargain is 28th most sought website in Australia.
Ozbargain
2. JB Hi-Fi
JB Hi-Fi is Australia’s biggest home entertainment retailer.
It has a wide range of electronic and computer products. It is known for its
lowest prices and quality customer support. The JB Hi-Fi is part of a digital
business by JBcommercial. The website ranks on 36th place in Australia.
Jbhifi
3. Officeworks
Officeworks is one of the leading retailers of office
products in Australia. It has an extensive range of products for offices, workplaces,
schools and universities, and homes. The company has 160 brick-and-mortar
stores in Australia with 7000 full-time employees.
Officeworks was established in 1994 as part of the Coles
Myer group of companies. It has grown rapidly throughout the last 20 years, and
opened its 100th store in 2007.
Currently, its website’s ranking is at 85th place in
Australia.
Officework
4. Harveynorman
Harvey Norman website is an extension of the
brick-and-mortar chain of stores. Unlike other chain stores that follow a
standard set of procedures, all Harvey norman stores (including their online
websites) are run by independent franchises.
The website sells a huge range of products, starting from
computers and electronic items to bed and bath accessories.
Harveynorman
5. Kogan
Kogan is one of the most well-known ecommerce stores in
Australia. Starting out by selling televisions, Kogan has now moved to other
categories in the Australian online retail market, including groceries, by
launching Kogan Pantry back in February 2015.
Items like Nutella, Pringles, toiletries, confectionaries
and other cleaning items are available at the Kogan online space for customers
to order.
Kogan soon realized that they could only sell so many TV’s
to a customer. For this reason, they had to diversify their portfolio if they
wanted to continue riding the online retail success in Australia. For them,
they wanted consumers to come to Kogan for any product that they might want.
Kogan currently holds 100th website ranking in Australia.
Kogan
6. Woolworths
Woolworths is the leading grocery shopping website of
Australia. In recent years, it has added quite a small proportion of products
to its database, but the core market offering of fresh produce and homemade
meat still remains its unique selling point.
The website is visited by more than 14 million users each
week as it provides quality food on a budget.
It currently ranks on 102nd place in Australian web
rankings.
Woolworths
7. EB Games
EB Games is one of the biggest platform-based games reseller
in Australia. The store has both online and physical stores under its belt and
is known for providing video games of all genre types.
It originally started with digital watches and calculators,
but seeing the rising demand of console games, it has switched to console games
as its main product offering. Ebgames’s headquarters is in Texas, USA, but
operates on a global scale.
In Australia, it ranks on 115th place in web rankings.
Ebgames
8. Myer
Myer is one of Australia’s oldest chain of brick-and-mortar
shopping stores. It was established in the late 20th century and has made its
mark in the digital world in 1998, when the concept of online stores was
extremely nascent.
Today, Myer gets more than 6 million visitors per month. It
currently stands at 125th place in web rankings of Australia.
Myer
9. The Iconic
The Iconic was founded in 2011 after securing multi-million dollars
in funding rounds. Iconic not only houses Australian designers, but has also
added a stable of famous international brands, including UK’s top label ‘Brand
New.’
Although still a new player on the Australian ecommerce
fashion marketplace, the Iconic continues to soar high in comparison with other
online retailers. The Iconic attributes its success to its immense following of
700k+ Facebook fans and more than 290k followers on Instagram.
The Iconic
10. The Good Guys
The Good Guys is an Australian chain of home appliances and
electrical stores. What makes it stand out from other chain stores is that it
provides installation and repair services for the products it sells too.
Currently, it has more than 400k followers on Facebook. The
Good Guys sells a wide array of products ranging from electrical appliances to
kitchen ware. Most of its products are available on great discounts available
through coupons – a regular offering by the store.
The Good Guys
11. BigW
BigW is a discount offering retail chain store in Australia.
It sells almost everything under the sun from baby products to men and women
accessories and clothing to kitchenware and home appliances. BigW is an
extension of Woolworths Limited. It employs more than 20,000 people across
Australia and Asia. Its website ranks 138th in web rankings.
The Good Guys
12. Coles
Coles is a chain of supermarkets scattered across the
country. It started operations in 1914 and launched its first website in 1996
when the internet was still in its infancy. Coles has more than 100,000
employees, selling everything from baby products to electronics and homeware.
It ranks 158th in Australian web rankings.
Coles
13. Catch
Catch, formerly known as Catchoftheday, is a deals website
in Australia. Due to its increased demand, the company acquired ‘catch’ domain
and revamped itself. It is currently one of the most profitable deals and
coupons websites in the Australian region. It now sells its own range of
products by directly enlisting merchants on the website, operating on both
commission and retailing revenue models.
Catch
13. Dan Murphy’s
Dan Murphy’s website attracts around two million visits per
month. Dan Murphy’s is part of the Woolworths Liquor Group along with BWS and
The Wine Quarter, and contributes more than $7 billion in sales to the group.
Dan Murphy is a part of a retail conglomerate that has
online operations and skills to scale the operations with the right techniques
whilst doing ecommerce in Australia. It currently stands at 197th place in Australian
web rankings.
Danmurphys
14. Chemist Warehouse
It isn’t fair to talk about ecommerce without discussing
pharmacies. Chemist Warehouse is one of Australia’s cheapest online pharmacy.
It has every medical prescription under its belt and the best thing about it is
that even if you live in a deserted corner of Australia, you can still get your
medicines for a fixed shipping price. The Chemist Warehouse online store is
part of a chain of brick-and-mortar stores spread across Australia.
According to Australian web rankings, Chemist Warehouse is
the biggest online pharmacy of Australia.
Chemist Warehouse
15. Supercheap Auto
Supercheap auto is an Australian automotive retailer. It
started operations in 1974, and by 2003 it had stores in Australia and New
Zealand. As of now, it has a website that is visited by at least three million
visitors every month, along with 300 physical stores. Supercheap Autos ranks
228th place in web rankings.
Supercheapauto
16. Booktopia
With more than $100 million turnover each year, online
Australian bookseller, Booktopia is now headquartered in a bigger facility
centre in Sydney. Tony Nash, the co-founder of Booktopia, launched the business
with a budget of $10 a day from within the confines of his home back in 2004.
Tony has a background in IT which is clearly apparent when
you land onto the Booktopia site, owing to its seamless website navigation
experience. What is more surprising is that Booktopia does not have a physical
store footprint. It is a complete digital store based in Australia.
Booktopia
17. Ozsale
Back in May, 2014, British Billionaire Sir Philip Green
purchased 25% stake in the online deals site, OzSale. This figure alone is
enough to get a glimpse of the scale of online commerce that OzSale is
offering. OzSale, which began its operations back in 2010, is currently valued
well above $500 million approx. with an estimated turnover of over $175
million. With a thumbs up from the TopShop’s top brass, further growth
opportunities seem inevitable.
Ozsale
18.Appliances Online
Appliances Online is an online retailer of electrical
appliances and homeware. It was started by John Winning after seeing a gap in
the homeware industry in 2005. The company is a subsidiary of the family-run
Winning Group, and is a part of encompassing Big Brown Box and Winning
Appliances. It serves more than 300,000 customers annually nationwide.
Appliances Online
19. Dick Smith
Dick Smith was an Australian retail store chain selling
electronic parts and products at amazing prices. It was popular among hobbyists
because of its electronic projects. The company had its footprint even in New
Zealand and Hong Kong.
However, it closed its physical stores in 2016 after its CEO
stepped down ‘having failed to secure a buyer for the stores.’ As of now Dick
Smith only operates through its website. The reason for this is that soon after
the closure of the brick-and-mortar stores, Kogan.com bought the website.
Dick Smith
20. Fishpond
Based on the Amazon business model, Fishpond used to sell
books in Australia and New Zealand. Today, this New Zealand-based ecommerce
store operates in the entire Australian region. WIth more than 13 million items
in its catalogue and around 20,000 sales per day. It stands at 757th place in
Australian web rankings.
Fishpond
EndNote
This was a roundup of top 20 ecommerce stores in Australia
that are leading the ecommerce race in 2018. It is possible that we may have
missed a couple of best-rated online stores in the region. If that’s the case,
please let us know in the comments below.
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