30 Jul 2021 | Accessibility Bulletin
Our weekly roundup of the media’s key articles on the topic of digital accessibility.
UK | Poor website accessibility could be costing your business billions in online sales
New analysis from web hosting providers LCN identified clothing retailer H&M’s homepage as the most accessible UK website for the visually impaired.
US | Criticisms of “Quick-Fix” Website Accessibility Products Highlighted in New Lawsuit
A recently-filed lawsuit contains a lengthy critical report by a digital accessibility consultant of accessibility issues created by an accessibility widget.
NA | The real ROI of making your products more accessible
New predictions indicate that tech companies committing to accessibility will reap a total of$10 billion to $16 billion in annual design spending across the U.S. and Canada.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/21/the-real-roi-of-making-your-products-more-accessible/
Setting Up an Accessible Shopify Store
Shopify, the focus of this post, is a rare ecommerce platform that supplies Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates, documents explaining how accessible its product is for users with disabilities
https://www.practicalecommerce.com/setting-up-an-accessible-shopify-store
UK | The web strategies in the new UK Disability Strategies document.
Part 3, specifically, for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, “[DCMS] will also consider options to tackle the persistently poor accessibility of private sector websites.”
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-disability-strategy