2010 Q1/Global Top 250 Retailers



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    05 Feb 2010

  • Total URLs tested:

    611,808

  • Total tests run:

    199,162,496

  • Total number of PDF's:

    12,496

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    16.61%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    84.28%

  • Pages missing a title:

    4.32%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    54.41%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.37%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Costco Wholesale (http://www.costco.com/) - 345,070 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Arcadia Group Limited (http://www.arcadiagroup.co.uk/)




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 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards
Organisation A AA
Kingfisher100.0062.40
Mercadona, S.A.100.0062.40
DSG International100.000.80
Arcadia Group Limite​d100.000.00
Axfood100.000.00
Blokker Holding100.000.00
Casino Guichard-Perr​achon S.A.100.000.00
Compagnie Financièr​e Richemont SA100.000.00
Douglas Holding100.000.00
Groupe Adeo100.000.00
Groupe Auchan SA100.000.00
Groupe Vivarte100.000.00
Home Retail Group100.000.00
Iceland Foods Group ​Ltd100.000.00
Otto Group100.000.00
Rite Aid Corporation​100.000.00
Ross Stores100.000.00
Signet Group100.000.00
Spar Group100.000.00
Stater Bros100.000.00
Williams-Sonoma100.000.00
The Game Group99.208.80
Carrefour S.A.99.201.60
CVS Caremark99.200.00
H &​ M Hennes &​ Mauritz AB99.200.00
Walgreen99.200.00
Deichmann Group98.4013.60
Next98.402.40
Celesio AG98.400.00
Wesfarmers Limited98.330.83
Apple97.602.40
Apoteket AB97.600.00
Eldorado LLC97.600.00
KF Gruppen97.600.00
dm-drogerie markt97.600.00
H2O Retailing Corpor​ation96.801.60
J Sainsbury Plc96.800.00
Metro Group DE96.800.00
SPAR Österreich96.800.00
Liberty Media LLC96.040.00
Defense Commissary A​gency96.000.00
Associated British F​oods plc/​Primark95.200.80
Shimamura95.200.80
Debenhams95.200.00
Dillard's95.200.00
ITM Developpement In​ternationale95.200.00
Woolworths Ltd95.200.00
Rewe-Zentral93.600.00
Whole Foods Market93.600.00
Groupe Galeries Lafa​yette SA93.100.00
Grupo Eroski92.8033.60
X5 Retail Group N.V.​92.800.00
SuperValu92.310.00
Daiei Inc92.000.00
Beisia Group91.202.40
NorgesGruppen91.200.00
Praktiker91.200.00
Takashimaya Company88.800.80
Dell88.800.00
The Sherwin-Williams​ Company88.800.00
FEMSA Comercio88.001.60
Valor Co Ltd87.200.00
Esselunga S.p.A.86.400.00
Tesco plc85.6018.40
Co-operative Group85.600.00
Conad Consorzio Nazi​onale85.600.00
AEON Company Limited​84.000.00
Grupo Jerónimo Mart​ins83.200.00
Seven &​ I Holdings83.200.00
Maxeda82.400.80
Belk81.600.00
DCM Japan Holdings81.2541.67
Inditex S.A80.808.80
Norma Lebensmittelfi​lialbetrieb80.801.60
The Tengelmann Group​80.000.00
Coop Group Switzerla​nd79.2012.00
Aldi78.400.00
Costco Wholesale78.400.00
Marks &​ Spencer78.400.00
Sheetz78.000.00
East Japan Railway C​ompany77.603.20
Limited Brands77.601.60
PPR S.A.77.600.00
Izumiya Co Ltd76.800.00
Marui Group76.540.00
Kwik Trip74.400.00
Tokyu Corporation72.8016.80
AutoZone Inc.71.200.80
HMV Group69.600.00
Safeway69.600.00
Koninklijke Ahold N.​V68.800.00
Lojas Americanas68.800.00
Edion Corporation68.0024.80
Maxima Grupe67.710.00
Dunnes Stores66.400.00
Barnes &​ Noble64.000.00
Meijer64.000.00
WM Morrison61.600.00
Nordstrom58.400.00
Sears Holdings57.600.00
The Kroger Co56.000.00
ICA AB52.800.00
John Lewis Partnersh​ip Plc49.600.80
Sonae47.660.00
Loblaw Companies Lim​ited47.200.80
Lotte Shopping45.600.00
RaceTrac Petroleum44.000.00
Jim Pattison Group43.200.00
Schwarz Unternehmens​ Treuhand41.943.23
Bic Camera Inc.41.600.00
Hy-Vee38.400.00
The Home Depot38.400.00
El Corte Inglés37.600.00
Fa. Anton Schlecker37.600.00
Yamada Denki37.600.00
Uny (Apita)35.202.40
SHV Holdings N.V. /​ Makro34.400.00
Publix Super Markets​32.800.00
Amazon.com32.000.00
The IKEA Group29.600.00
J. Front Retailing29.510.00
Macy's28.800.00
HORNBACH-Baumarkt27.200.00
Wegmans Food Markets​27.200.00
BIM (Birlesik Magaza​lar A.S.)25.602.40
Massmart Holdings25.600.00
Shinsegae24.800.00
Target24.002.40
Fast Retailing24.000.00
OfficeMax23.200.00
Roundy's Supermarkets22.400.00
Kesko21.600.80
QuikTrip Corporation​20.8010.40
Systeme U Centrale N​ationale20.802.40
MatsumotoKiyoshi19.350.00
Dalian Dashang Group​18.400.00
Dirk Rossmann18.400.00
J.C. Penney18.400.00
Metro18.400.00
Winn Dixie Stores18.400.00
Casey's General Stores​18.180.00
Bailian (Brilliance)​ Group17.600.00
Kohl's Corporation16.800.00
Abercrombie &​ Fitch14.402.40
Don Quijote Co. Ltd.​13.600.00
Giant Eagle12.800.80
CP All12.000.00
El Puerto de Liverpo​ol12.000.00
H.E. Butt Grocery Co​mpany12.000.00
Raley's12.000.00
RONA11.200.00
Izumi Co Ltd10.940.00
Kesa Electricals10.400.00
Office Depot10.400.00
Delhaize Group8.802.40
Dollar Tree Stores8.800.00
Suning Appliance8.800.00
Kojima8.000.80
Heiwado8.000.00
President Chain Corp​oration8.000.00
Edeka Zentrale7.200.80
Wawa6.400.80
Distribucion y Servi​cio D&​S SA6.060.00
RadioShack Corporati​on5.880.00
Army &​ Air Force Exchange ​Service5.600.80
BJ's Wholesale Club​5.600.00
Golub Corporation/​Price Chopper Superm​arkets4.800.00
Save Mart Supermarke​ts4.800.00
Alimantation Couche-​Tard Inc.4.000.80
Luxottica Group S.p.​A.4.000.00
Alliance Boots3.201.60
Controladora Comerci​al Mexicana S.A. de ​C.V.3.200.00
Grupo Pao de Acucar3.200.00
Isetan3.200.00
Empire Company2.820.00
Dairy Farm Internati​onal Holdings2.740.00
Neiman Marcus2.401.60
Finiper s.p.a2.400.00
Great Atlantic and P​acific Tea Company2.400.00
Maruetsu Inc2.400.00
Staples2.400.00
The TJX Companies1.900.00
Bed Bath and Beyond1.600.00
Borders Group1.600.00
Cencosud S.A.1.600.00
Systembolaget1.600.00
Arcandor0.800.80
O'Reilly Automativ​e0.800.80
Bauhaus0.800.00
Best Buy0.800.00
Big Lots0.800.00
Blockbuster0.800.00
Centres Distributeur​s E. Leclerc0.800.00
China Resources Ente​rprise0.800.00
Dansk Supermarked A/​S0.800.00
Dick's Sporting Goods​0.800.00
Dollar General Corpo​ration0.800.00
FDB (Coop Danmark AS​)0.800.00
Globus Holding0.800.00
Michaels Stores0.800.00
PetSmart0.800.00
Poslovni system Merc​ator0.800.00
S Group0.800.00
Shoprite Holdings S.​ Africa0.000.80
AS Watson &​ Company0.000.00
Advance Auto Parts0.000.00
Albertson's0.000.00
Burlington Coat Fact​ory Investments Hold​ings0.000.00
C&​A Europe0.000.00
Canadian Tire Corpor​ation0.000.00
Casas Bahia SA0.000.00
Family Dollar Stores​0.000.00
Foot Locker0.000.00
GameStop0.000.00
Gome Home Appliance ​Group0.000.00
Joshin Denki Co Ltd0.000.00
LVMH0.000.00
Lagardere Services A​sia Pacific0.000.00
Life Corporation0.000.00
Louis Delhaize S.A.0.000.00
Lowe's Companies0.000.00
Migros Genossenschaf​ts Bund0.000.00
Migros Turk0.000.00
OJSC Magnit0.000.00
Organizacion Soriana​0.000.00
Pick ‘n Pay Stores​0.000.00
Ruddick Corporation0.000.00
The Bon-Ton Stores0.000.00
The Pantry0.000.00
Toys “R” Us0.000.00
Wal-Mart Stores0.000.00
Yodobashi Camera0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Bauhaus
  • Bed Bath and Beyond
  • C&A Europe
  • Dollar Tree Stores
  • The Game Group
  • Finiper s.p.a
  • Poslovni system Mercator
  • Ross Stores
  • Ruddick Corporation
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Joshin Denki Co Ltd
  • Advance Auto Parts
  • Albertson's
  • AS Watson & Company
  • The Bon-Ton Stores
  • Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings
  • C&A Europe
  • Canadian Tire Corporation
  • Casas Bahia SA
  • Family Dollar Stores
  • Foot Locker
  • GameStop
  • Gome Home Appliance Group
  • Life Corporation
  • Louis Delhaize S.A.
  • Lowe's Companies
  • Lagardere Services Asia Pacific
  • LVMH
  • OJSC Magnit
  • Migros Genossenschafts Bund
  • Migros Turk
  • Pick ‘n Pay Stores
  • Ruddick Corporation
  • The Pantry
  • Toys “R” Us
  • Wal-Mart Stores
  • Yodobashi Camera
  • Organizacion Soriana
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Best Denki Co. Ltd.
  • Ets Franz Colruyt S.A.
  • Coop Italy
  • Coop Norden
  • Euroset Group
  • S.A.C.I. Falabella
  • The Gap
  • Gruppo Pam SPA
  • Hudson's Bay Company
  • Katz Group
  • K's Holdings Corporation
  • MenardU.S.
  • Oxylane Groupe
  • Reitangruppen AS
  • Shoppers Drug Mart
  • WinCo Foods
  • XXXLutz Group
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PDF testing

18.1% 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/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
92.13%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
3.11%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
2.75%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.80%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
0.32%
url/fetch/emptylocation
Redirect code received but empty Location header given
0.17%
url/fetch/noeoh
No end-of-headers found in HTTP response
0.15%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
0.14%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
0.13%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
0.11%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
40.11%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
38.89%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
5.25%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
3.94%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
2.94%
file/url/badquery
Illegal character in URL query section
1.99%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.77%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
1.18%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.17%
url/fetch/moved
A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received
0.73%