2013 Q4/Global Top 250 Retailers


Summary

Full results


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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    29 Oct 2013

  • Total URLs tested:

    1,075,077

  • Total tests run:

    349,710,257

  • Total number of PDF's:

    11,932

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    9.61%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    92.36%

  • Pages missing a title:

    2.54%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    56.50%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.46%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Macy's (http://www.macys.com/) - 856,087 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    Grupo Jerónimo Martins (http://www.biedronka.pl/)




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)
Grupo Jerónimo Marti​ns 0.02 801.42
Next 0.02 144.53
The Game Group 0.02 18.85
H &​ M Hennes &​ Mauritz AB 0.02 247.39
Blockbuster 0.02 450.23
Alliance Boots 0.02 137.63
DSG International 0.02 391.67
Dollar Tree Stores 0.03 217.57
HORNBACH-Baumarkt 0.03 4153.57
Celesio AG 0.03 109.15
Groupe Vivarte 0.04 588.03
Edeka Zentrale 0.04 1169.34
Debenhams 0.04 55.96
Home Retail Group 0.04 4885.16
Foot Locker 0.04 222.29
Dunnes Stores 0.04 393.94
Norma Lebensmittelfi​lialbetrieb 0.04 554.16
British Home Stores 0.04 190.19
Inditex S.A 0.05 75.33
Luxottica Group S.p.​A. 0.05 1147.94
Apple 0.05 3132.25
Groupe Auchan SA 0.05 272.57
Systeme U Centrale N​ationale 0.05 253.12
Bauhaus 0.06 327.82
Metro Group DE 0.06 2240.54
Otto Group 0.06 173.97
John Lewis Partnersh​ip Plc 0.07 808.18
WM Morrison 0.07 1492.90
B&​Q 0.07 114.37
Douglas Holding 0.08 204.04
PPR S.A. 0.08 2208.57
Deichmann Group 0.08 1812.33
Associated British F​oods plc/​Primark 0.08 5410.40
Globus Holding 0.08 602.86
Coop Group Switzerla​nd 0.08 1094.82
Big Lots 0.09 657.55
J.C. Penney 0.09 121.11
Finiper s.p.a 0.09 392.41
Lowe's Companies 0.09 448.59
Marks &​ Spencer 0.09 44.97
Tesco plc 0.10 821.87
SPAR Österreich 0.10 284.56
Neiman Marcus 0.10 117.22
The IKEA Group 0.10 554.31
Centres Distributeur​s E. Leclerc 0.10 899.02
Macy's 0.11 15.08
Oxylane Groupe 0.11 2665.21
ITM Developpement In​ternationale 0.11 1414.61
Advance Auto Parts 0.11 74.76
Blokker Holding 0.11 213.70
Meijer 0.11 315.60
Best Buy 0.11 71.67
dm-drogerie markt 0.11 240.59
Loblaw Companies Lim​ited 0.12 483.86
Casino Guichard-Perr​achon S.A. 0.12 1358.64
Axfood 0.12 570.98
Office Depot 0.12 75.74
Compagnie Financière​ Richemont SA 0.12 609.62
Sears Holdings 0.12 520.14
OfficeMax 0.12 142.83
Groupe Adeo 0.12 273.98
FDB (Coop Danmark AS​) 0.12 960.86
X5 Retail Group N.V.​ 0.13 1630.50
Abercrombie &​ Fitch 0.13 366.33
Eldorado LLC 0.13 120.70
Signet Jewelers 0.14 52.32
Koninklijke Ahold N.​V 0.14 4423.79
Maxima Grupe 0.14 921.07
Toys “R” Us 0.14 92.21
NorgesGruppen 0.14 256.76
Amazon.com 0.14 60.66
Systembolaget 0.15 261.31
AutoZone Inc. 0.15 171.45
Rewe-Zentral 0.15 227.18
Target 0.15 115.21
Mercadona, S.A. 0.15 281.47
Poslovni system Merc​ator 0.15 773.25
Aldi 0.15 2983.96
Dirk Rossmann 0.15 183.06
El Corte Inglés 0.15 353.61
The Tengelmann Group​ 0.15 1904.30
Lojas Americanas 0.16 181.50
Reitangruppen AS 0.16 138.12
RONA 0.16 122.13
Ross Stores 0.16 277.45
Euroset Group 0.17 106.42
BJ's Wholesale Club​ 0.17 144.51
Kohl's Corporation 0.17 101.16
Kesko 0.17 367.30
Bed Bath and Beyond 0.17 115.39
KF Gruppen 0.18 136.63
Hy-Vee 0.18 692.84
BIM (Birlesik Magaza​lar A.S.) 0.18 919.16
Metro 0.18 700.12
Nordstrom 0.18 645.04
Defense Commissary A​gency 0.19 524.56
Iceland Foods Group ​Ltd 0.19 468.55
Wawa 0.19 195.83
Staples 0.19 154.18
Bic Camera Inc. 0.19 71.89
Co-operative Group 0.19 300.10
Kwik Trip 0.19 337.99
ICA AB 0.19 400.65
Wal-Mart Stores 0.19 106.24
Walgreen 0.20 292.31
The Gap 0.20 253.80
Rite Aid Corporation​ 0.20 60.93
Shoppers Drug Mart 0.20 293.58
LVMH 0.20 1828.70
The Bon-Ton Stores 0.20 564.26
Costco Wholesale 0.21 250.64
Delhaize Group 0.21 210.79
Publix Super Markets​ 0.21 82.17
Canadian Tire Corpor​ation 0.22 68.93
Williams-Sonoma 0.22 251.67
Dick's Sporting Goods​ 0.22 115.61
The Kroger Co 0.22 167.09
Casas Bahia SA 0.23 259.12
The Pantry 0.23 57.33
Save Mart Supermarke​ts 0.23 206.69
C&​A Europe 0.23 499.36
Dillard's 0.23 63.44
The TJX Companies 0.24 244.28
Giant Eagle 0.24 122.41
Limited Brands 0.24 140.07
Spar Group 0.24 792.62
Dansk Supermarked A/​S 0.25 446.83
PetSmart 0.25 46.45
Liberty Media LLC 0.26 141.16
Albertson's 0.26 184.07
S.A.C.I. Falabella 0.26 49.06
Michaels Stores 0.27 223.51
Massmart Holdings 0.27 86.04
Alimantation Couche-​Tard Inc. 0.27 521.22
SuperValu 0.27 172.38
Army &​ Air Force Exchange ​Service 0.27 609.22
Casey's General Stores​ 0.28 382.49
Migros Genossenschaf​ts Bund 0.28 891.97
Conad Consorzio Nazi​onale 0.29 721.77
Migros Turk 0.29 160.33
Safeway 0.29 276.96
Golub Corporation/​Price Chopper Superm​arkets 0.30 303.57
Dell 0.31 138.35
Roundy's Supermarkets 0.32 143.13
Raley's 0.32 75.54
Groupe Galeries Lafa​yette SA 0.32 1781.58
Family Dollar Stores​ 0.33 82.84
Tokyu Corporation 0.34 527.66
Kesa Electricals 0.34 3615.93
QuikTrip Corporation​ 0.34 392.19
Organizacion Soriana​ 0.34 93.47
H.E. Butt Grocery Co​mpany 0.34 191.99
S Group 0.35 268.58
OJSC Magnit 0.36 1136.36
Joshin Denki Co Ltd 0.36 73.81
Stater Bros 0.36 133.85
Pick ‘n Pay Stores 0.36 142.17
Carrefour S.A. 0.37 3072.47
Barnes &​ Noble 0.38 133.77
Dollar General Corpo​ration 0.38 160.09
GameStop 0.38 265.32
Fast Retailing 0.39 506.88
FEMSA Comercio 0.41 286.46
O'Reilly Automativ​e 0.42 101.63
Dairy Farm Internati​onal Holdings 0.43 70.96
The Sherwin-Williams​ Company 0.45 233.31
Jim Pattison Group 0.47 398.26
CP All 0.47 218.91
Seven &​ I Holdings 0.47 219.01
Wegmans Food Markets​ 0.48 194.43
Empire Company 0.48 295.86
Burlington Coat Fact​ory Investments Hold​ings 0.48 230.92
Ruddick Corporation 0.48 63.73
Belk 0.49 146.32
President Chain Corp​oration 0.50 152.62
Shoprite Holdings S.​ Africa 0.50 301.68
Isetan 0.50 53.80
Marui Group 0.51 187.78
Sheetz 0.51 207.95
Whole Foods Market 0.51 158.87
East Japan Railway C​ompany 0.51 107.29
Daiei Inc 0.51 94.88
J. Front Retailing 0.53 97.07
MatsumotoKiyoshi 0.53 184.11
Beisia Group 0.54 64.72
DCM Japan Holdings 0.54 196.88
Uny (Apita) 0.54 168.45
H2O Retailing Corpor​ation 0.54 92.07
Heiwado 0.55 228.18
Don Quijote Co. Ltd.​ 0.55 68.93
Edion Corporation 0.56 143.55
El Puerto de Liverpo​ol 0.56 475.00
RadioShack Corporati​on 0.57 116.78
Izumi Co Ltd 0.57 71.96
Maruetsu Inc 0.58 236.15
Shinsegae 0.58 75.25
Shimamura 0.58 50.46
Gome Home Appliance ​Group 0.59 348.25
WinCo Foods 0.59 98.39
Kojima 0.59 51.14
Izumiya Co Ltd 0.60 70.20
Valor Co Ltd 0.60 244.17
Winn Dixie Stores 0.62 262.37
Grupo Pao de Acucar 0.66 112.85
CVS Caremark 0.69 535.06
Lotte Shopping 0.76 70.82
Lagardere Services A​sia Pacific 0.76 87.14
Yodobashi Camera 0.77 77.66
Woolworths Ltd 0.77 85.64
Dalian Dashang Group​ 0.82 31.46
Cencosud S.A. 0.85 519.94
Yamada Denki 0.89 87.96
Grupo Eroski 0.90 458.93
Best Denki Co. Ltd. 0.92 45.36
Suning Appliance 0.93 43.59
Great Atlantic and P​acific Tea Company 0.94 157.92
Takashimaya Company 1.14 66.59
AEON Company Limited​ 1.22 36.55
Wesfarmers Limited 1.30 257.87
The Home Depot 2.95 173.48
Organisation A AA
Mercadona, S.A.100.0060.38
Spar Group100.006.82
Defense Commissary A​gency100.006.40
Aldi100.003.20
Stater Bros100.002.40
Bauhaus100.000.00
Nordstrom100.000.00
Otto Group100.000.00
Walgreen100.000.00
Iceland Foods Group ​Ltd99.204.80
Metro Group DE99.201.60
Burlington Coat Fact​ory Investments Hold​ings99.200.80
ICA AB99.200.80
Dollar Tree Stores99.200.00
Groupe Auchan SA99.200.00
Inditex S.A99.200.00
Kesa Electricals99.200.00
QuikTrip Corporation​99.000.00
FEMSA Comercio98.4812.12
Wesfarmers Limited98.408.80
The Tengelmann Group​98.400.80
British Home Stores98.400.00
Target98.400.00
Casey's General Stores​97.960.00
Blockbuster97.6048.00
Lagardere Services A​sia Pacific97.600.00
Associated British F​oods plc/​Primark97.102.90
Norma Lebensmittelfi​lialbetrieb96.801.60
Apple96.800.80
Bed Bath and Beyond96.800.80
Axfood96.800.00
RONA96.800.00
Shinsegae96.800.00
Staples96.800.00
Oxylane Groupe96.009.60
Lotte Shopping96.000.00
SPAR Österreich95.200.80
Loblaw Companies Lim​ited95.200.00
The Bon-Ton Stores95.200.00
Lojas Americanas94.400.80
Maxima Grupe94.400.00
MatsumotoKiyoshi94.290.00
Woolworths Ltd92.803.20
Home Retail Group92.800.00
The TJX Companies92.800.00
SuperValu92.770.00
Reitangruppen AS92.750.00
Metro90.404.80
Uny (Apita)90.403.20
Costco Wholesale90.400.00
Grupo Eroski89.608.00
AutoZone Inc.89.600.00
Liberty Media LLC89.091.82
Lowe's Companies88.804.00
KF Gruppen88.800.00
PPR S.A.88.008.00
Compagnie Financière​ Richemont SA88.000.00
Sheetz86.572.99
Albertson's86.400.80
Big Lots86.400.00
Golub Corporation/​Price Chopper Superm​arkets86.400.00
Rite Aid Corporation​85.600.80
H &​ M Hennes &​ Mauritz AB84.800.00
Poslovni system Merc​ator84.005.60
Rewe-Zentral84.002.40
H2O Retailing Corpor​ation82.404.00
Celesio AG82.400.00
Beisia Group81.600.00
Conad Consorzio Nazi​onale80.800.00
Izumiya Co Ltd80.800.00
Marui Group79.493.42
The Game Group79.200.80
Edion Corporation78.400.00
Valor Co Ltd77.600.00
Daiei Inc76.002.40
Dunnes Stores76.000.00
East Japan Railway C​ompany72.805.60
Don Quijote Co. Ltd.​72.801.60
C&​A Europe72.003.20
Coop Group Switzerla​nd72.000.00
Abercrombie &​ Fitch68.000.80
Centres Distributeur​s E. Leclerc68.000.80
Ross Stores65.2214.49
Kojima64.802.40
Tesco plc64.000.80
Alimantation Couche-​Tard Inc.64.000.00
John Lewis Partnersh​ip Plc63.200.00
LVMH63.200.00
Office Depot63.200.00
Raley's63.200.00
Yamada Denki61.602.40
Systeme U Centrale N​ationale61.600.80
Tokyu Corporation60.804.00
Hy-Vee59.204.00
Marks &​ Spencer59.200.00
Globus Holding53.600.80
DSG International53.600.00
Shimamura49.606.40
NorgesGruppen49.600.00
Systembolaget48.800.80
Bic Camera Inc.48.800.00
Shoppers Drug Mart47.200.00
Publix Super Markets​46.400.00
Jim Pattison Group44.0016.00
The IKEA Group43.202.40
RadioShack Corporati​on41.603.20
HORNBACH-Baumarkt35.850.00
WM Morrison35.204.00
Kwik Trip34.402.40
Roundy's Supermarkets34.400.00
Casino Guichard-Perr​achon S.A.33.607.20
Barnes &​ Noble33.600.00
Co-operative Group32.804.80
Maruetsu Inc31.200.80
President Chain Corp​oration28.803.20
Meijer28.000.00
Takashimaya Company28.000.00
Fast Retailing26.400.00
Ruddick Corporation24.800.00
Sears Holdings22.400.80
Wegmans Food Markets​21.600.00
Dell20.000.00
J. Front Retailing20.000.00
Heiwado19.204.80
Michaels Stores19.201.60
Signet Jewelers18.400.80
Giant Eagle17.600.00
OJSC Magnit17.600.00
Limited Brands16.000.00
Safeway13.600.80
Carrefour S.A.12.803.20
Finiper s.p.a12.800.00
Pick ‘n Pay Stores12.800.00
Deichmann Group12.003.20
Izumi Co Ltd11.760.00
Koninklijke Ahold N.​V11.201.60
The Sherwin-Williams​ Company11.200.80
Amazon.com10.400.00
Belk10.400.00
CVS Caremark10.400.00
GameStop9.607.20
Grupo Pao de Acucar9.600.80
Toys “R” Us9.600.80
Army &​ Air Force Exchange ​Service9.600.00
Casas Bahia SA9.600.00
Suning Appliance9.600.00
Yodobashi Camera9.600.00
S.A.C.I. Falabella8.800.00
The Gap8.000.80
S Group7.200.80
CP All6.402.40
Isetan6.400.00
The Kroger Co5.605.60
Seven &​ I Holdings5.602.40
AEON Company Limited​5.600.80
J.C. Penney5.600.80
Cencosud S.A.5.600.00
Save Mart Supermarke​ts4.801.60
Dollar General Corpo​ration4.800.00
ITM Developpement In​ternationale4.800.00
Whole Foods Market4.800.00
Luxottica Group S.p.​A.4.003.20
Delhaize Group4.000.00
Family Dollar Stores​3.202.40
Macy's3.201.60
Organizacion Soriana​3.201.60
Gome Home Appliance ​Group3.200.00
Wal-Mart Stores3.200.00
Wawa2.500.00
El Puerto de Liverpo​ol2.400.80
Migros Turk2.400.80
Winn Dixie Stores2.400.80
Dairy Farm Internati​onal Holdings2.400.00
Dalian Dashang Group​2.400.00
El Corte Inglés2.400.00
Groupe Vivarte2.400.00
Dansk Supermarked A/​S1.600.80
Empire Company1.600.80
Migros Genossenschaf​ts Bund1.600.80
WinCo Foods1.600.80
Best Buy1.600.00
Debenhams1.600.00
FDB (Coop Danmark AS​)1.600.00
Groupe Galeries Lafa​yette SA1.600.00
Kesko1.600.00
Kohl's Corporation1.600.00
Massmart Holdings1.600.00
OfficeMax1.600.00
PetSmart1.600.00
Williams-Sonoma1.600.00
Canadian Tire Corpor​ation0.800.80
Alliance Boots0.800.00
B&​Q0.800.00
BIM (Birlesik Magaza​lar A.S.)0.800.00
DCM Japan Holdings0.800.00
Dick's Sporting Goods​0.800.00
Dillard's0.800.00
Dirk Rossmann0.800.00
Euroset Group0.800.00
Foot Locker0.800.00
Great Atlantic and P​acific Tea Company0.800.00
Grupo Jerónimo Marti​ns0.800.00
H.E. Butt Grocery Co​mpany0.800.00
Joshin Denki Co Ltd0.800.00
Next0.800.00
O'Reilly Automativ​e0.800.00
The Home Depot0.800.00
Advance Auto Parts0.000.00
BJ's Wholesale Club​0.000.00
Best Denki Co. Ltd.0.000.00
Blokker Holding0.000.00
Douglas Holding0.000.00
Edeka Zentrale0.000.00
Eldorado LLC0.000.00
Groupe Adeo0.000.00
Neiman Marcus0.000.00
Shoprite Holdings S.​ Africa0.000.00
The Pantry0.000.00
X5 Retail Group N.V.​0.000.00
dm-drogerie markt0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Dairy Farm International Holdings
  • ICA AB
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Advance Auto Parts
  • Best Denki Co. Ltd.
  • BJ's Wholesale Club
  • Blokker Holding
  • Groupe Adeo
  • dm-drogerie markt
  • Douglas Holding
  • Edeka Zentrale
  • Eldorado LLC
  • Neiman Marcus
  • Shoprite Holdings S. Africa
  • The Pantry
  • X5 Retail Group N.V.
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Apoteket AB
  • AS Watson & Company
  • Bailian (Brilliance) Group
  • Sonae
  • Ets Franz Colruyt S.A.
  • Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
  • Coop Italy
  • Coop Norden
  • China Resources Enterprise
  • Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA
  • Esselunga S.p.A.
  • Gruppo Pam SPA
  • Hudson's Bay Company
  • Katz Group
  • K's Holdings Corporation
  • Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand
  • Life Corporation
  • SHV Holdings N.V. / Makro
  • MenardU.S.
  • Praktiker
  • RaceTrac Petroleum
  • J Sainsbury Plc
  • Fa. Anton Schlecker
  • Maxeda
  • XXXLutz Group
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PDF testing

19.5% 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/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
85.43%
file/image/badtype
Image file has incorrect type
5.15%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
3.81%
url/fetch/notfound
File not found
3.39%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
1.83%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
0.09%
file/image/invalid
Image file is corrupt
0.08%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
0.08%
url/fetch/connref
Connection refused by server
0.05%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
0.04%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
32.89%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
32.75%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
7.66%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
7.65%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
5.98%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
5.16%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.77%
file/url/badquery
Illegal character in URL query section
1.11%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.98%
file/html/missingattr
A start tag is missing required attributes
0.85%