2010 Q2/Global Top 250 Retailers
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
04 Jun 2010
- Total URLs tested:
635,488
- Total tests run:
206,870,560
- Total number of PDF's:
12,960
- URLs failing functional tests:
11.87%
- Pages failing code standards:
92.07%
- Pages missing a title:
4.38%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
55.10%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
98.83%
- Poorest code quality:
Costco Wholesale (http://www.costco.com/) - 416,151 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Debenhams (http://www.debenhams.com/)
Accessibility and Performance rankings
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercadona, S.A. | 100.00 | 62.40 |
| Iceland Foods Group Ltd | 100.00 | 16.00 |
| Kingfisher | 100.00 | 8.00 |
| Carrefour S.A. | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| DSG International | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Home Retail Group | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Arcadia Group Limited | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Blokker Holding | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| CP All | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| CVS Caremark | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Compagnie Financière Richemont SA | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Douglas Holding | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Empire Company | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Groupe Adeo | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Groupe Auchan SA | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Groupe Vivarte | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Otto Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rite Aid Corporation | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ross Stores | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Signet Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Spar Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Stater Bros | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Walgreen | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Williams-Sonoma | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| The Game Group | 99.20 | 5.60 |
| Limited Brands | 99.20 | 4.00 |
| Wesfarmers Limited | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Axfood | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Deichmann Group | 98.40 | 8.80 |
| SPAR Ãsterreich | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| AEON Company Limited | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Next | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| H2O Retailing Corporation | 96.80 | 8.00 |
| Sonae | 96.80 | 0.80 |
| Apoteket AB | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Celesio AG | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| J Sainsbury Plc | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Associated British Foods plc/Primark | 96.00 | 0.80 |
| Apple | 95.20 | 4.80 |
| ITM Developpement Internationale | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Winn Dixie Stores | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| dm-drogerie markt | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Liberty Media LLC | 94.79 | 0.00 |
| FEMSA Comercio | 94.40 | 1.60 |
| Defense Commissary Agency | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Beisia Group | 93.60 | 0.00 |
| Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| X5 Retail Group N.V. | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| NorgesGruppen | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Whole Foods Market | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Woolworths Ltd | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA | 91.38 | 0.00 |
| Shimamura | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| Daiei Inc | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Valor Co Ltd | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| SuperValu | 90.14 | 0.00 |
| Grupo Eroski | 89.60 | 14.40 |
| Eldorado LLC | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Grupo Jerónimo Martins | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| The Tengelmann Group | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Dillard's | 88.00 | 0.00 |
| Conad Consorzio Nazionale | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| Izumiya Co Ltd | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| Macy's | 85.71 | 0.00 |
| Rewe-Zentral | 85.60 | 0.00 |
| Esselunga S.p.A. | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| S Group | 82.40 | 0.00 |
| Tesco plc | 81.60 | 9.60 |
| Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Seven & I Holdings | 81.60 | 0.00 |
| Co-operative Group | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Inditex S.A | 80.00 | 7.20 |
| Dell | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| Maxeda | 78.40 | 0.00 |
| Sheetz | 78.00 | 0.00 |
| OfficeMax | 77.60 | 0.00 |
| Marui Group | 76.83 | 0.00 |
| Koninklijke Ahold N.V | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Kwik Trip | 76.80 | 0.00 |
| Tokyu Corporation | 75.20 | 0.00 |
| East Japan Railway Company | 74.40 | 12.80 |
| Aldi | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| PPR S.A. | 74.40 | 0.00 |
| Massmart Holdings | 72.80 | 0.80 |
| Maxima Grupe | 70.48 | 0.00 |
| Lojas Americanas | 70.40 | 0.00 |
| Office Depot | 66.40 | 0.00 |
| Safeway | 66.40 | 0.00 |
| HMV Group | 64.80 | 0.00 |
| DCM Japan Holdings | 62.40 | 25.60 |
| Edion Corporation | 62.40 | 16.80 |
| Coop Group Switzerland | 62.40 | 9.60 |
| Takashimaya Company | 62.40 | 8.00 |
| Euroset Group | 60.80 | 0.00 |
| Marks & Spencer | 60.80 | 0.00 |
| Alliance Boots | 58.40 | 1.60 |
| The Kroger Co | 57.60 | 0.00 |
| Best Buy | 53.60 | 0.00 |
| AutoZone Inc. | 52.80 | 0.00 |
| Dunnes Stores | 52.00 | 0.00 |
| Publix Super Markets | 49.60 | 0.00 |
| John Lewis Partnership Plc | 48.00 | 0.00 |
| Loblaw Companies Limited | 47.20 | 0.80 |
| Nordstrom | 47.20 | 0.00 |
| Yamada Denki | 42.40 | 0.00 |
| Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand | 41.94 | 0.00 |
| Jim Pattison Group | 41.60 | 0.00 |
| Lotte Shopping | 41.60 | 0.00 |
| Wegmans Food Markets | 41.60 | 0.00 |
| ICA AB | 40.80 | 0.00 |
| Bailian (Brilliance) Group | 38.40 | 0.00 |
| Fa. Anton Schlecker | 36.80 | 0.00 |
| Hy-Vee | 36.00 | 0.00 |
| Uny (Apita) | 34.40 | 0.80 |
| Bic Camera Inc. | 34.40 | 0.00 |
| Metro | 32.00 | 0.00 |
| Praktiker | 30.40 | 0.00 |
| WM Morrison | 30.40 | 0.00 |
| Don Quijote Co. Ltd. | 27.20 | 0.00 |
| SHV Holdings N.V. / Makro | 27.20 | 0.00 |
| J. Front Retailing | 27.12 | 0.00 |
| Shinsegae | 26.40 | 0.00 |
| Metro Group DE | 24.00 | 0.00 |
| Amazon.com | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| Roundy's Supermarkets | 23.20 | 0.00 |
| Dalian Dashang Group | 20.80 | 0.00 |
| Debenhams | 20.00 | 0.00 |
| El Corte Inglés | 19.20 | 0.80 |
| BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| Fast Retailing | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| The Home Depot | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| MatsumotoKiyoshi | 18.75 | 0.00 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 17.60 | 2.40 |
| Casey's General Stores | 17.58 | 0.00 |
| QuikTrip Corporation | 15.20 | 10.40 |
| Dollar General Corporation | 15.20 | 0.00 |
| Systeme U Centrale Nationale | 14.40 | 1.60 |
| Heiwado | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Pick ân Pay Stores | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Izumi Co Ltd | 14.29 | 0.00 |
| H.E. Butt Grocery Company | 12.80 | 0.00 |
| J.C. Penney | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| Target | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| Giant Eagle | 11.20 | 0.00 |
| Kesa Electricals | 10.40 | 0.00 |
| Dirk Rossmann | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Raley's | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Suning Appliance | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Kojima | 8.80 | 0.80 |
| Edeka Zentrale | 8.00 | 0.80 |
| Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc. | 8.00 | 0.00 |
| Delhaize Group | 7.20 | 2.40 |
| President Chain Corporation | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| Army & Air Force Exchange Service | 6.40 | 1.60 |
| BJ's Wholesale Club | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Kohl's Corporation | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA | 6.06 | 0.00 |
| Bauhaus | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Belk | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Canadian Tire Corporation | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Golub Corporation/Price Chopper Supermarkets | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| The IKEA Group | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| Luxottica Group S.p.A. | 4.80 | 0.00 |
| Cencosud S.A. | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Isetan | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Meijer | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Dairy Farm International Holdings | 2.82 | 0.00 |
| Barnes & Noble | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V. | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| FDB (Coop Danmark AS) | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Finiper s.p.a | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Neiman Marcus | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Save Mart Supermarkets | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| The TJX Companies | 1.92 | 0.00 |
| Blockbuster | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Borders Group | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Costco Wholesale | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Grupo Pao de Acucar | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Maruetsu Inc | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| PetSmart | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Systembolaget | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Advance Auto Parts | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| China Resources Enterprise | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Dansk Supermarked A/S | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Dick's Sporting Goods | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Dollar Tree Stores | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| El Puerto de Liverpool | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Family Dollar Stores | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Foot Locker | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| KF Gruppen | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Kesko | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Michaels Stores | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Migros Genossenschafts Bund | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Poslovni system Mercator | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| RONA | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Staples | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Toys âRâ Us | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Wawa | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| AS Watson & Company | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Albertson's | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Arcandor | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Big Lots | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| C&A Europe | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Casas Bahia SA | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| GameStop | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Globus Holding | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gome Home Appliance Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Joshin Denki Co Ltd | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| LVMH | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lagardere Services Asia Pacific | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Louis Delhaize S.A. | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lowe's Companies | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Migros Turk | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| OJSC Magnit | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Organizacion Soriana | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| RadioShack Corporation | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ruddick Corporation | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sears Holdings | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Shoprite Holdings S. Africa | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Bon-Ton Stores | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| The Pantry | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| WinCo Foods | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Yodobashi Camera | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Error free sites
The following sites scored full marks for Function.
- C&A Europe
- China Resources Enterprise
- Don Quijote Co. Ltd.
- FEMSA Comercio
- Finiper s.p.a
- Poslovni system Mercator
- Otto Group
- Ross Stores
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Joshin Denki Co Ltd
- Albertson's
- Arcandor
- AS Watson & Company
- Big Lots
- The Bon-Ton Stores
- Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings
- C&A Europe
- Casas Bahia SA
- GameStop
- Globus Holding
- Gome Home Appliance Group
- Louis Delhaize S.A.
- Lowe's Companies
- Lagardere Services Asia Pacific
- LVMH
- OJSC Magnit
- Migros Turk
- RadioShack Corporation
- Ruddick Corporation
- Sears Holdings
- Shoprite Holdings S. Africa
- The Pantry
- WinCo Foods
- Yodobashi Camera
- Organizacion Soriana
Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Best Denki Co. Ltd.
- Ets Franz Colruyt S.A.
- Coop Italy
- Coop Norden
- S.A.C.I. Falabella
- The Gap
- Gruppo Pam SPA
- Hudson's Bay Company
- HORNBACH-Baumarkt
- Katz Group
- K's Holdings Corporation
- Life Corporation
- MenardU.S.
- O'Reilly Automative
- Oxylane Groupe
- RaceTrac Petroleum
- Reitangruppen AS
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- XXXLutz Group
PDF testing
20.6% 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.
Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
| url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
88.99% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
4.31% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
4.22% |
| url/fetch/exception Exception while downloading file |
1.12% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
0.44% |
| url/fetch/emptylocation Redirect code received but empty Location header given |
0.26% |
| url/fetch/noeoh No end-of-headers found in HTTP response |
0.21% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
0.16% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
0.15% |
| url/fetch/badscheme URL scheme was unrecognised |
0.06% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
31.86% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
30.78% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
11.43% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
8.17% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
5.08% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
4.70% |
| file/html/missingattr A start tag is missing required attributes |
1.49% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
1.47% |
| file/url/badquery Illegal character in URL query section |
1.39% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
1.20% |