JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman Set To Slug It Out Online
Harvey Norman's new Ofis IT and office supplies chain ­ aimed at challenging Wesfarmer's Officeworks ­ will have a major online operation, unlike the parent Harvey Norman chain, Australian IT reports.

Yahoo Snaps Up Metrics Company
Yahoo has bought IndexTools, a company that sells web analytics technology as well as its Hungarian subsidiary company, Tensa R&D Kft. Yahoo won?t divulge how much it has paid, but the deal is expected to go through by June.

Retailers Who Ignore Online Will Perish Says Expert
Retailers ignore new media and marketing channels at their peril, in an age where print and television advertising is failing to fully engage shoppers, said Alan Rutherford, CEO of Digitas Global at The World Retail Congress in Spain last week.

The Marketing Implications Of Online Networks
According to online intelligence company Hitwise, the social graph which refers to the data that expresses an individual will be an important point of debate in 2008 for marketers because it poses two key problems: for users there is the challenge of managing multiple networks and for social network owners, there is the commercial decision of how they should participate in an 'open Internet', defined by platforms that permit data sharing between various networks.

Who Has The Most Popular Web Sites In Australia?
Australian consumers are flocking to web sites to access information according to Hitwise who today released their top web site list for 2008. In the consumer electronics market he big winners were Sony, Dell, Symantec, Vodaphone and online web site DSE.