2010 Q3/Global Top 250 Retailers
INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
09 Sep 2010
- Total URLs tested:
642,134
- Total tests run:
209,038,206
- Total number of PDF's:
13,256
- URLs failing functional tests:
10.87%
- Pages failing code standards:
92.94%
- Pages missing a title:
4.13%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
54.01%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
99.13%
- Poorest code quality:
Costco Wholesale (http://www.costco.com/) - 386,957 failures
- Fastest average response time:
Abercrombie & Fitch (http://www.abercrombie.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 | 50.40 |
| Iceland Foods Group Ltd | 100.00 | 17.60 |
| Kingfisher | 100.00 | 3.20 |
| DSG International | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Home Retail Group | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Wesfarmers Limited | 100.00 | 0.80 |
| Arcadia Group Limited | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Blokker Holding | 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 |
| H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Otto Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Rite Aid Corporation | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Ross Stores | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Signet Jewelers | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Spar Group | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Williams-Sonoma | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| Carrefour S.A. | 99.20 | 0.80 |
| Axfood | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Walgreen | 99.20 | 0.00 |
| Limited Brands | 98.40 | 5.60 |
| The Game Group | 98.40 | 4.80 |
| Associated British Foods plc/Primark | 98.40 | 0.80 |
| Staples | 98.40 | 0.00 |
| AEON Company Limited | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| J Sainsbury Plc | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| Next | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| SPAR Ãsterreich | 97.60 | 0.00 |
| H2O Retailing Corporation | 96.80 | 7.20 |
| Apple | 96.80 | 0.80 |
| Beisia Group | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Rewe-Zentral | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| dm-drogerie markt | 96.80 | 0.00 |
| Stater Bros | 96.74 | 0.00 |
| Celesio AG | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Winn Dixie Stores | 96.00 | 0.00 |
| Sonae | 95.20 | 0.80 |
| Defense Commissary Agency | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Dillard's | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| ITM Developpement Internationale | 95.20 | 0.00 |
| Liberty Media LLC | 94.85 | 1.03 |
| Apoteket AB | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| NorgesGruppen | 94.40 | 0.00 |
| Grupo Eroski | 93.60 | 11.20 |
| Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| Whole Foods Market | 92.80 | 0.00 |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company | 92.00 | 0.00 |
| SuperValu | 91.43 | 0.00 |
| Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA | 91.38 | 0.00 |
| Shimamura | 91.20 | 0.00 |
| FEMSA Comercio | 90.40 | 0.80 |
| Daiei Inc | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Valor Co Ltd | 90.40 | 0.00 |
| Tesco plc | 89.60 | 5.60 |
| Grupo Jerónimo Martins | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Nordstrom | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| The Tengelmann Group | 89.60 | 0.00 |
| Eldorado LLC | 88.80 | 0.00 |
| Conad Consorzio Nazionale | 88.00 | 0.00 |
| Macy's | 86.40 | 0.00 |
| S Group | 85.60 | 0.00 |
| Marks & Spencer | 84.80 | 0.00 |
| Aldi | 84.00 | 0.00 |
| Coop Group Switzerland | 83.20 | 11.20 |
| Woolworths Ltd | 83.20 | 0.00 |
| Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb | 82.40 | 0.00 |
| Tokyu Corporation | 80.80 | 0.00 |
| Inditex S.A | 80.00 | 8.80 |
| Esselunga S.p.A. | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| The Bon-Ton Stores | 79.20 | 0.00 |
| Seven & I Holdings | 78.40 | 0.80 |
| Sheetz | 78.26 | 0.00 |
| AutoZone Inc. | 77.60 | 0.00 |
| Co-operative Group | 77.60 | 0.00 |
| Marui Group | 77.11 | 0.00 |
| Massmart Holdings | 75.20 | 0.80 |
| Albertson's | 75.20 | 0.00 |
| Izumiya Co Ltd | 75.20 | 0.00 |
| Maxima Grupe | 73.15 | 0.00 |
| Uny (Apita) | 72.80 | 0.80 |
| Maxeda | 72.00 | 0.00 |
| Meijer | 72.00 | 0.00 |
| Kwik Trip | 71.11 | 0.00 |
| Lojas Americanas | 70.40 | 0.00 |
| Dell | 69.60 | 0.00 |
| Office Depot | 68.80 | 0.00 |
| HMV Group | 68.00 | 0.00 |
| Reitangruppen AS | 66.67 | 0.00 |
| Shinsegae | 66.40 | 0.00 |
| Deichmann Group | 64.80 | 0.00 |
| Save Mart Supermarkets | 64.00 | 0.00 |
| Koninklijke Ahold N.V | 63.20 | 0.00 |
| The Kroger Co | 63.20 | 0.00 |
| Safeway | 62.40 | 0.00 |
| DCM Japan Holdings | 61.60 | 28.00 |
| PPR S.A. | 60.80 | 1.60 |
| East Japan Railway Company | 60.00 | 1.60 |
| Dunnes Stores | 60.00 | 0.00 |
| Michaels Stores | 60.00 | 0.00 |
| Alliance Boots | 58.40 | 1.60 |
| Takashimaya Company | 56.80 | 8.00 |
| Systeme U Centrale Nationale | 49.60 | 0.80 |
| Best Buy | 48.00 | 0.00 |
| Loblaw Companies Limited | 47.20 | 0.80 |
| OfficeMax | 45.60 | 0.00 |
| Publix Super Markets | 45.60 | 0.00 |
| John Lewis Partnership Plc | 44.80 | 0.00 |
| Lotte Shopping | 44.80 | 0.00 |
| Jim Pattison Group | 43.20 | 0.00 |
| Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand | 41.94 | 0.00 |
| Metro Group DE | 41.60 | 0.00 |
| Hy-Vee | 40.80 | 0.00 |
| Bailian (Brilliance) Group | 40.00 | 0.00 |
| Yamada Denki | 40.00 | 0.00 |
| ICA AB | 39.20 | 0.00 |
| Edion Corporation | 37.60 | 0.00 |
| WM Morrison | 34.40 | 0.00 |
| Fa. Anton Schlecker | 33.60 | 0.00 |
| Metro | 32.00 | 0.00 |
| SHV Holdings N.V. / Makro | 28.80 | 0.00 |
| Bic Camera Inc. | 28.00 | 0.00 |
| Amazon.com | 27.20 | 0.00 |
| Don Quijote Co. Ltd. | 27.20 | 0.00 |
| J. Front Retailing | 27.12 | 0.00 |
| HORNBACH-Baumarkt | 25.60 | 0.00 |
| Roundy's Supermarkets | 24.80 | 0.00 |
| Wegmans Food Markets | 24.80 | 0.00 |
| Pick ân Pay Stores | 21.60 | 0.00 |
| Army & Air Force Exchange Service | 20.80 | 5.60 |
| MatsumotoKiyoshi | 20.59 | 0.00 |
| Dollar General Corporation | 20.00 | 0.00 |
| Fast Retailing | 19.20 | 0.00 |
| Praktiker | 18.40 | 0.00 |
| The Home Depot | 18.40 | 0.00 |
| Casey's General Stores | 17.78 | 0.00 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch | 17.60 | 2.40 |
| El Corte Inglés | 17.60 | 0.00 |
| Dalian Dashang Group | 16.00 | 0.00 |
| Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Grupo Pao de Acucar | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Kesa Electricals | 14.40 | 0.00 |
| Izumi Co Ltd | 14.29 | 0.00 |
| Debenhams | 13.60 | 0.00 |
| Heiwado | 13.60 | 0.00 |
| Target | 12.00 | 0.00 |
| QuikTrip Corporation | 11.20 | 2.40 |
| Giant Eagle | 11.20 | 0.00 |
| H.E. Butt Grocery Company | 11.20 | 0.00 |
| Kohl's Corporation | 11.20 | 0.00 |
| Suning Appliance | 10.40 | 0.00 |
| Dirk Rossmann | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Foot Locker | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| J.C. Penney | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| Raley's | 9.60 | 0.00 |
| RaceTrac Petroleum | 8.91 | 0.00 |
| President Chain Corporation | 8.80 | 0.00 |
| Delhaize Group | 8.00 | 3.20 |
| Kojima | 8.00 | 0.80 |
| Dollar Tree Stores | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| GameStop | 7.20 | 0.00 |
| Edeka Zentrale | 6.40 | 0.80 |
| Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc. | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Canadian Tire Corporation | 6.40 | 0.00 |
| Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA | 6.06 | 0.00 |
| Belk | 5.60 | 0.00 |
| BJ's Wholesale Club | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Cencosud S.A. | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Golub Corporation/Price Chopper Supermarkets | 4.00 | 0.00 |
| Bauhaus | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Luxottica Group S.p.A. | 3.20 | 0.00 |
| Dairy Farm International Holdings | 2.82 | 0.00 |
| Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V. | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Isetan | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Maruetsu Inc | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Neiman Marcus | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| The IKEA Group | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| X5 Retail Group N.V. | 2.40 | 0.00 |
| Barnes & Noble | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Globus Holding | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Systembolaget | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Toys âRâ Us | 1.60 | 0.00 |
| Oxylane Groupe | 1.20 | 0.00 |
| The TJX Companies | 0.93 | 0.00 |
| Advance Auto Parts | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Blockbuster | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| China Resources Enterprise | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Costco Wholesale | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Dansk Supermarked A/S | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| El Puerto de Liverpool | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| FDB (Coop Danmark AS) | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Finiper s.p.a | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| KF Gruppen | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| PetSmart | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Poslovni system Mercator | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| RONA | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Wal-Mart Stores | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Wawa | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| AS Watson & Company | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Arcandor | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Big Lots | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Borders Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| C&A Europe | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| CP All | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Casas Bahia SA | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dick's Sporting Goods | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Euroset Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Family Dollar Stores | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gome Home Appliance Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Joshin Denki Co Ltd | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Kesko | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| LVMH | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lagardere Services Asia Pacific | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Life Corporation | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Louis Delhaize S.A. | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lowe's Companies | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Migros Genossenschafts Bund | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Migros Turk | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| O'Reilly Automative | 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 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.
- CP All
- Blokker Holding
- Don Quijote Co. Ltd.
- FEMSA Comercio
- Poslovni system Mercator
- Otto Group
- Ross Stores
- WinCo Foods
Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Joshin Denki Co Ltd
- CP All
- Arcandor
- AS Watson & Company
- Big Lots
- BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.)
- Borders Group
- Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings
- C&A Europe
- Casas Bahia SA
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- Euroset Group
- Family Dollar Stores
- Gome Home Appliance Group
- Kesko
- Life Corporation
- Louis Delhaize S.A.
- Lowe's Companies
- Lagardere Services Asia Pacific
- LVMH
- OJSC Magnit
- Migros Genossenschafts Bund
- Migros Turk
- O'Reilly Automative
- 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
- Katz Group
- K's Holdings Corporation
- MenardU.S.
- Shoppers Drug Mart
- XXXLutz Group
PDF testing
22.0% 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 |
91.10% |
| url/fetch/notfound File not found |
4.45% |
| url/fetch/unknownstatus Unknown status code received from web server |
2.39% |
| url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
0.60% |
| url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
0.35% |
| url/fetch/emptylocation Redirect code received but empty Location header given |
0.28% |
| url/fetch/noeoh No end-of-headers found in HTTP response |
0.25% |
| url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
0.17% |
| url/fetch/redirectloop Redirect points back to the original page |
0.12% |
| url/fetch/connref Connection refused by server |
0.10% |
Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
| file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
30.16% |
| file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
29.15% |
| file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
11.69% |
| file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
9.29% |
| file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
6.17% |
| file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
5.66% |
| file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
1.56% |
| file/html/missingattr A start tag is missing required attributes |
1.52% |
| file/url/badquery Illegal character in URL query section |
1.36% |
| file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
1.20% |