2018 Q1/Global Top 250 Retailers



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    05 Jan 2018

  • Total URLs tested:

    1,027,932

  • Total tests run:

    334,412,936

  • Total number of PDF's:

    12,886

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    3.69%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    93.98%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.90%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    97.36%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    60.07%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Massmart Holdings (http://www.builders.co.za/) - 360,996 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc (http://www.e-leclerc.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 2.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Centres Distributeur​s E. Leclerc 0.03 345.02
DSG International 0.03 388.26
Next 0.04 925.29
Debenhams 0.04 50.92
PPR S.A. 0.04 2742.60
B&​Q 0.05 165.18
Globus Holding 0.05 2336.88
Big Lots 0.05 83.12
CP All 0.06 632.72
John Lewis Partnersh​ip Plc 0.06 77.83
WM Morrison 0.06 240.49
Alliance Boots 0.06 59.33
Canadian Tire Corpor​ation 0.06 79.75
Celesio AG 0.06 66.65
Deichmann Group 0.06 71.44
The IKEA Group 0.07 532.26
Gruppo Pam SPA 0.07 1141.86
H &​ M Hennes &​ Mauritz AB 0.07 7.32
Edeka Zentrale 0.08 355.89
Marks &​ Spencer 0.08 128.23
British Home Stores 0.09 549.52
Dunnes Stores 0.09 163.29
Darty 0.09 210.29
Groupe Vivarte 0.09 69.75
Oxylane Groupe 0.09 93.00
Groupe Auchan SA 0.09 174.72
Sonae 0.10 6168.70
Bauhaus 0.10 495.26
Associated British F​oods plc/​Primark 0.10 1401.22
Koninklijke Ahold N.​V 0.11 3685.06
Norma Lebensmittelfi​lialbetrieb 0.11 231.12
The Home Depot 0.11 364.81
Neiman Marcus 0.11 75.62
Casino Guichard-Perr​achon S.A. 0.11 6292.90
OfficeMax 0.11 203.71
Aldi 0.11 50.18
Amazon.com 0.11 245.88
Reitangruppen AS 0.12 933.66
Douglas Holding 0.12 134.71
Williams-Sonoma 0.12 164.06
Iper la Grande 0.12 635.43
Office Depot 0.12 217.80
Tesco plc 0.12 82.08
Esselunga S.p.A. 0.12 772.15
Blokker Holding 0.12 76.34
NorgesGruppen 0.12 1561.08
Otto Group 0.12 338.22
dm-drogerie markt 0.12 116.15
Dillard's 0.13 50.78
QuikTrip Corporation​ 0.13 1078.90
Dollar Tree Stores 0.13 57.37
Bed Bath and Beyond 0.13 157.10
Pick ‘n Pay Stores 0.13 169.68
Coop Group Switzerla​nd 0.13 6047.43
Groupe Adeo 0.13 329.70
LVMH 0.14 2060.47
Shoprite Holdings S.​ Africa 0.14 623.43
FDB (Coop Danmark AS​) 0.14 145.32
Metro Group DE 0.14 1671.27
Wal-Mart Stores 0.15 313.52
Co-operative Group 0.15 913.22
Apple 0.15 1679.86
Wegmans Food Markets​ 0.15 195.86
Michaels Stores 0.15 101.09
RaceTrac Petroleum 0.15 224.35
Limited Brands 0.15 109.52
Intermarche 0.16 143.32
C&​A Europe 0.16 244.83
Axfood 0.16 1353.15
The Gap 0.16 63.50
Conad Consorzio Nazi​onale 0.16 1266.80
Systeme U Centrale N​ationale 0.17 147.26
Whole Foods Market 0.17 2752.17
Belk 0.17 59.39
Advance Auto Parts 0.18 59.19
Lowe's Companies 0.18 232.29
Laviva 0.18 1489.58
Loblaw Companies Lim​ited 0.18 325.42
Lojas Americanas 0.18 644.84
Systembolaget 0.19 1060.79
Meijer 0.19 47.69
KF Gruppen 0.19 1284.23
Dick's Sporting Goods​ 0.19 157.77
Burlington Coat Fact​ory Investments Hold​ings 0.19 162.95
Barnes &​ Noble 0.19 86.80
The Tengelmann Group​ 0.19 1872.81
Walgreen 0.20 109.73
BIM (Birlesik Magaza​lar A.S.) 0.20 771.39
Migros Genossenschaf​ts Bund 0.20 353.52
Dirk Rossmann 0.21 373.98
J.C. Penney 0.21 91.10
Nordstrom 0.21 391.41
Delhaize Group 0.21 266.50
Costco Wholesale 0.21 205.92
Ets Franz Colruyt S.​A. 0.21 1918.90
Dell 0.22 237.36
Rite Aid Corporation​ 0.22 99.28
Raley's 0.23 50.31
OJSC Magnit 0.23 500.81
Eldorado LLC 0.24 134.19
Dansk Supermarked A/​S 0.24 265.80
Casas Bahia SA 0.24 115.45
Apoteket AB 0.25 148.68
Iceland Foods Group ​Ltd 0.25 710.93
PetSmart 0.25 32.11
Poslovni system Merc​ator 0.25 1633.05
Bic Camera Inc. 0.26 158.18
Fast Retailing 0.26 462.20
The Sherwin-Williams​ Company 0.26 118.72
Liverpool Mexico 0.27 39.04
Grupo Eroski 0.28 317.47
Maxima Grupe 0.28 600.13
Maruetsu Inc 0.29 146.39
AutoZone Inc. 0.30 380.66
Stater Bros 0.30 335.35
Kohl's Corporation 0.30 89.53
WinCo Foods 0.30 170.05
Safeway 0.31 637.41
Winn Dixie Stores 0.31 800.71
S Group 0.32 152.54
Staples 0.32 119.67
Dollar General Corpo​ration 0.33 403.33
Joshin Denki Co Ltd 0.33 53.21
S.A.C.I. Falabella 0.33 117.62
Golub Corporation/​Price Chopper Superm​arkets 0.34 549.50
Family Dollar Stores​ 0.35 358.58
Ross Stores 0.36 183.69
Wawa 0.36 233.93
Carrefour S.A. 0.37 1269.65
Save Mart Supermarke​ts 0.37 331.01
Tokyu Corporation 0.37 158.91
Spar Group 0.38 58.44
Defense Commissary A​gency 0.38 2587.43
Alimantation Couche-​Tard Inc. 0.38 932.83
Kesko 0.38 552.56
Shoppers Drug Mart 0.39 273.04
Wesfarmers Limited 0.40 1576.81
Seven &​ I Holdings 0.40 571.63
Compagnie Financière​ Richemont SA 0.40 467.37
BJ's Wholesale Club​ 0.43 58.41
Distribucion y Servi​cio D&​S SA 0.43 2108.54
Harris Teeter 0.44 279.06
Giant Eagle 0.44 288.70
SuperValu 0.45 370.94
Grupo Jerónimo Marti​ns 0.45 1128.40
Groupe Galeries Lafa​yette SA 0.45 5653.06
Metro 0.47 288.00
X5 Retail Group N.V.​ 0.47 1226.45
J. Front Retailing 0.48 115.08
Yamada Denki 0.49 184.91
El Corte Inglés 0.49 164.73
Uny (Apita) 0.49 121.38
Heiwado 0.50 221.92
Marui Group 0.50 123.87
MatsumotoKiyoshi 0.51 231.21
Beisia Group 0.51 354.90
Signet Jewelers 0.51 195.84
Casey's General Stores​ 0.52 759.74
Kojima 0.52 39.17
Dalian Dashang Group​ 0.53 133.45
Kwik Trip 0.54 310.83
Don Quijote Co. Ltd.​ 0.54 128.37
Suning Appliance 0.54 167.33
AS Watson &​ Company 0.54 762.01
East Japan Railway C​ompany 0.55 1048.10
Hankyu Hanshin Depar​tment Stores INC. 0.55 228.73
Valor Co Ltd 0.56 126.07
Shinsegae 0.59 9.76
Izumi Co Ltd 0.59 397.32
Lotte Shopping 0.65 70.55
Takashimaya Company 0.65 207.65
Daiei Inc 0.65 33.37
China Resources Ente​rprise 0.67 397.34
AEON Company Limited​ 0.68 124.40
Gome Home Appliance ​Group 0.69 229.57
Albertson's 0.70 691.16
Best Denki Co. Ltd. 0.72 114.02
Yodobashi Camera 0.72 62.13
DCM Japan Holdings 0.73 160.52
Dairy Farm Internati​onal Holdings 0.74 90.20
Izumiya Co Ltd 0.77 81.82
Bailian (Brilliance)​ Group 0.77 134.54
Organizacion Soriana​ 0.84 23.84
Cencosud S.A. 0.88 109.10
Massmart Holdings 0.89 34.83
Shimamura 0.95 689.27
Edion Corporation 1.11 751.04
Lagardere Services A​sia Pacific 1.32 206.16
Empire Company 1.44 1906.88
Organisation A AA
East Japan Railway C​ompany44.2996.19
Co-operative Group41.6088.00
PPR S.A.29.4059.70
Casey's General Stores​24.7097.59
X5 Retail Group N.V.​23.0662.62
Gome Home Appliance ​Group22.2970.62
Izumiya Co Ltd17.1488.93
Uny (Apita)16.3661.36
Alimantation Couche-​Tard Inc.14.7075.85
Dairy Farm Internati​onal Holdings13.9993.00
Groupe Galeries Lafa​yette SA13.9569.77
Empire Company13.9234.43
Costco Wholesale11.3477.84
Carrefour S.A.10.9248.74
Koninklijke Ahold N.​V9.9587.78
Shoprite Holdings S.​ Africa9.4856.03
Sonae9.3550.80
MatsumotoKiyoshi9.2192.47
Lagardere Services A​sia Pacific8.709.42
Daiei Inc7.4986.63
Wesfarmers Limited6.7666.48
Grupo Jerónimo Marti​ns6.7623.19
Fast Retailing6.7439.38
Shinsegae6.7191.28
Lotte Shopping6.4099.20
Axfood5.8843.28
Marui Group5.5479.96
Casino Guichard-Perr​achon S.A.5.5064.89
Tokyu Corporation5.4878.78
Valor Co Ltd5.2380.73
Defense Commissary A​gency5.1297.89
Maruetsu Inc4.7683.41
Esselunga S.p.A.4.6861.40
S Group4.1413.10
J. Front Retailing3.7979.73
Spar Group3.795.30
Yamada Denki3.7192.30
Izumi Co Ltd3.6258.37
Hankyu Hanshin Depar​tment Stores INC.3.1746.83
Giant Eagle3.1042.64
Don Quijote Co. Ltd.​3.039.85
SuperValu2.9463.24
AEON Company Limited​2.7682.41
Iper la Grande2.5019.38
Winn Dixie Stores2.4946.77
Lowe's Companies2.313.85
RaceTrac Petroleum2.0282.83
NorgesGruppen1.9488.37
Associated British F​oods plc/​Primark1.7393.64
Walgreen1.5782.68
Distribucion y Servi​cio D&​S SA1.5710.24
Migros Genossenschaf​ts Bund1.3813.10
Office Depot1.3714.38
OfficeMax1.3714.38
Oxylane Groupe1.3316.67
Family Dollar Stores​1.2920.00
DCM Japan Holdings1.0199.33
Golub Corporation/​Price Chopper Superm​arkets0.9788.35
Save Mart Supermarke​ts0.80100.00
WinCo Foods0.8089.60
CP All0.801.60
Seven &​ I Holdings0.801.60
Bic Camera Inc.0.791.59
Beisia Group0.790.79
Best Denki Co. Ltd.0.790.79
Big Lots0.790.79
Gruppo Pam SPA0.790.79
Ross Stores0.78100.00
Dillard's0.77100.00
The Tengelmann Group​0.714.26
Systeme U Centrale N​ationale0.6589.61
BIM (Birlesik Magaza​lar A.S.)0.6371.70
OJSC Magnit0.6021.56
AS Watson &​ Company0.5921.18
Edion Corporation0.5290.98
KF Gruppen0.4040.00
Heiwado0.3983.46
H &​ M Hennes &​ Mauritz AB0.00100.00
John Lewis Partnersh​ip Plc0.00100.00
AutoZone Inc.0.0099.21
Aldi0.0099.20
Cencosud S.A.0.0099.12
QuikTrip Corporation​0.0098.78
Dollar General Corpo​ration0.0098.44
Apple0.0098.40
Compagnie Financière​ Richemont SA0.0098.40
Safeway0.0097.66
Dunnes Stores0.0096.80
Loblaw Companies Lim​ited0.0096.18
Nordstrom0.0096.00
Wawa0.0095.20
Systembolaget0.0092.81
Centres Distributeur​s E. Leclerc0.0091.11
Bed Bath and Beyond0.0088.98
Delhaize Group0.0087.69
Kohl's Corporation0.0086.84
Shoppers Drug Mart0.0085.60
Whole Foods Market0.0084.92
Canadian Tire Corpor​ation0.0084.00
Iceland Foods Group ​Ltd0.0082.35
Coop Group Switzerla​nd0.0074.19
Grupo Eroski0.0060.66
B&​Q0.0054.40
Ets Franz Colruyt S.​A.0.0050.00
Globus Holding0.0048.77
Wal-Mart Stores0.0048.00
Kesko0.0044.64
Wegmans Food Markets​0.0041.82
China Resources Ente​rprise0.0040.77
Bailian (Brilliance)​ Group0.0039.20
Shimamura0.0038.36
Deichmann Group0.0037.80
Neiman Marcus0.0036.80
Michaels Stores0.0036.60
The Home Depot0.0025.19
Edeka Zentrale0.0024.46
Tesco plc0.0024.22
Metro Group DE0.0023.76
WM Morrison0.0023.20
Dell0.0022.40
Kwik Trip0.0022.36
Reitangruppen AS0.0020.00
Groupe Auchan SA0.0019.77
The IKEA Group0.0019.55
Darty0.0016.78
Intermarche0.0016.30
Raley's0.0013.14
Stater Bros0.0012.50
Kojima0.0011.59
Amazon.com0.0011.20
Poslovni system Merc​ator0.0010.34
Takashimaya Company0.008.80
Rite Aid Corporation​0.007.09
Laviva0.006.87
Advance Auto Parts0.005.60
Maxima Grupe0.005.07
Suning Appliance0.004.80
Celesio AG0.004.55
Albertson's0.004.31
The Sherwin-Williams​ Company0.004.00
Yodobashi Camera0.004.00
Dollar Tree Stores0.003.91
Metro0.003.91
Lojas Americanas0.003.20
Next0.003.20
Williams-Sonoma0.003.12
Massmart Holdings0.003.01
Apoteket AB0.002.40
Pick ‘n Pay Stores0.002.38
J.C. Penney0.002.36
El Corte Inglés0.001.60
Eldorado LLC0.001.60
Meijer0.001.60
Conad Consorzio Nazi​onale0.001.57
Dirk Rossmann0.001.56
Debenhams0.000.80
Douglas Holding0.000.80
Groupe Vivarte0.000.80
Limited Brands0.000.80
Alliance Boots0.000.00
BJ's Wholesale Club​0.000.00
Barnes &​ Noble0.000.00
Bauhaus0.000.00
Belk0.000.00
Blokker Holding0.000.00
British Home Stores0.000.00
Burlington Coat Fact​ory Investments Hold​ings0.000.00
C&​A Europe0.000.00
Casas Bahia SA0.000.00
DSG International0.000.00
Dalian Dashang Group​0.000.00
Dansk Supermarked A/​S0.000.00
Dick's Sporting Goods​0.000.00
FDB (Coop Danmark AS​)0.000.00
Groupe Adeo0.000.00
Harris Teeter0.000.00
Joshin Denki Co Ltd0.000.00
LVMH0.000.00
Liverpool Mexico0.000.00
Marks &​ Spencer0.000.00
Norma Lebensmittelfi​lialbetrieb0.000.00
Organizacion Soriana​0.000.00
Otto Group0.000.00
PetSmart0.000.00
S.A.C.I. Falabella0.000.00
Signet Jewelers0.000.00
Staples0.000.00
The Gap0.000.00
dm-drogerie markt0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Joshin Denki Co Ltd
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Dansk Supermarked A/S
  • Joshin Denki Co Ltd
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Bauhaus
  • Belk
  • British Home Stores
  • BJ's Wholesale Club
  • Blokker Holding
  • Alliance Boots
  • Groupe Adeo
  • Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings
  • C&A Europe
  • Casas Bahia SA
  • DSG International
  • Dick's Sporting Goods
  • Dalian Dashang Group
  • S.A.C.I. Falabella
  • The Gap
  • Harris Teeter
  • Liverpool Mexico
  • LVMH
  • Marks & Spencer
  • Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb
  • Otto Group
  • PetSmart
  • Signet Jewelers
  • Staples
  • Organizacion Soriana
  • FDB (Coop Danmark AS)
  • dm-drogerie markt
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Isetan
  • RadioShack Corporation
  • President Chain Corporation
  • Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
  • Best Buy
  • Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
  • Coop Italy
  • Euroset Group
  • The Game Group
  • Hudson's Bay Company
  • Home Retail Group
  • HORNBACH-Baumarkt
  • Hy-Vee
  • ICA AB
  • Katz Group
  • K's Holdings Corporation
  • The Kroger Co
  • Liberty Media LLC
  • Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand
  • Life Corporation
  • SHV Holdings N.V. / Makro
  • MenardU.S.
  • Mercadona, S.A.
  • Migros Turk
  • FEMSA Comercio
  • Publix Super Markets
  • RONA
  • Roundy's Supermarkets
  • J Sainsbury Plc
  • Fa. Anton Schlecker
  • Maxeda
  • Sheetz
  • SPAR Österreich
  • Target
  • The Pantry
  • XXXLutz Group
  • Inditex S.A
  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • The Bon-Ton Stores
  • CVS Caremark
  • Foot Locker
  • GameStop
  • H.E. Butt Grocery Company
  • Jim Pattison Group
  • Macy's
  • O'Reilly Automative
  • Pao de Acucar
  • Luxottica Group S.p.A.
  • Sears Holdings
  • Army & Air Force Exchange Service
  • The TJX Companies
  • Toys “R” Us
  • Woolworths Ltd
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PDF testing

32.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
27.47%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
23.31%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
16.79%
url/fetch/errorstatus
Error status code received from web server
12.24%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
6.32%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
5.98%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
4.56%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.26%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
0.92%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
0.41%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
21.67%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
19.84%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
19.67%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
15.73%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
9.76%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
3.18%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
2.00%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.65%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
1.58%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
0.96%