By Patrick Avenell

JB Hi-Fi and CatchOfTheDay have been named the most popular retailers on Facebook. The publicly listed JB beat out Kogan in the Electronics category while daily deals site CatchOfTheDay topped the Department and Online Store category, according to a report published today by The Online Circle (theonlinecircle.com).

In the Department and Online category, CatchOfTheDay with 427,000 fans outgunned second place stationery retailer Smiggle by almost 90,000 fans, while Target Australia was the most like bricks and mortar store.

The Good Guys, David Jones, Big W and Harvey Norman are also well-liked with 200,000-plus fans, while Domayne was a surprise runaway winner of most talked about, almost double its nearest rival, despite having only 30,000 fans.

In addition to JB and Kogan, two other retailers made Electronics rankings: EB Games and Dick Smith.

Most Popular Department & Online Stores:

  1. CatchOfTheDay
  2. Smiggle
  3. Target Australia
  4. The Good Guys
  5. David Jones
  6. Big W
  7. Harvey Norman
  8. Myer
  9. DealsDirect
  10. SurfStitch

Most Popular Electronics Brands in Australia (retailers and suppliers):

  1. JB Hi-Fi
  2. Kogan
  3. EA Games Australia
  4. Xbox Australia
  5. Sony Australia
  6. HTC Australia
  7. EB Games Australia
  8. PlayStation Australia
  9. Samsung Australia
  10. Logitech Australia