25 Aug 2020 | Index | Accessibility | Private sector
At Sitemorse we published our 2020 Q3 UK Retail 500INDEX this week. The INDEX has been published quarterly since 2010 and ranks the websites of over 350 UK Retailers, based on User Experience, Search Engine Optimisation and Governance, Risk and Compliance.
Our Q2 2020 INDEX was compiled following over 600 million tests checks and measures across over 1.8 million URLs.
Congratulations to Muji for taking first place. Also, congratulations are due to Scotts of Stow for being the most improved, rising an impressive 247 places.
No retailers within the UK Retail 500 passed Level A and AA on all of their pages.
If we focus purely on Accessibility, Muji should be congratulated for taking the lead in this sector. Summarising accessibility scores we see that:
- Only 1 retailer websites scored 7 or higher
- 95% of retailers scored 4 or less
- 65% actually scored zero
Comparing results with last quarter, 21 retailers improved their accessibility score from the last quarter, while 25 scored lower. 50 retailers failed all of the WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA tests on every single page, which is a decrese of 54.
Making a website accessible comes under the Equalities Act 2000. We’ve already seen that in the US that lawsuits alleging web sites discriminating against people with disabilities are increasingly common and there is no reason that the UK won’t face the similar lawsuits.
Top ten websites
- Muji
- Asda
- Paydens Chemists
- Greggs
- Coop Online
- Roys (Wroxham)
- Netto Foodstores
- W Boyes & Co
- Jane Shilton
- Tuffins
Five Most improved websites
- Scotts of Stow
- Carpetright
- Ambrose Wilson
- BEERmerchants.com
- Myvintage.co.uk
The full 2020 Q3 UK Retail 500Websitesresults can be found here: Sitemorse 2020 Q3 UK Top 500 Retail INDEX Results