2019 Q1/Global Top 250 Retailers

INDEX Facts
- Completed date:
05 Jan 2019
- Total URLs tested:
811,583
- Total tests run:
263,787,667
- Total number of PDF's:
892
- URLs failing functional tests:
4.14%
- Pages failing code standards:
94.81%
- Pages missing a title:
1.92%
- Pages failing accessibility level A:
98.58%
- Pages failing accessibility level AA:
65.35%
- Poorest code quality:
Meijer (http://www.meijer.com/) - 442,427 failures
- Fastest average response time:
C&A Europe (http://www.c-and-a.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 2.1 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).
Organisation | Avg. Response | Download (kB/s) |
---|---|---|
C&A Europe | 0.04 | 461.25 |
Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc | 0.04 | 384.90 |
WM Morrison | 0.05 | 121.70 |
Aldi | 0.05 | 69.94 |
John Lewis Partnership Plc | 0.06 | 179.24 |
Groupe Vivarte | 0.06 | 61.50 |
Big Lots | 0.06 | 88.03 |
Alliance Boots | 0.06 | 77.31 |
Celesio AG | 0.07 | 45.39 |
The TJX Companies | 0.07 | 70.44 |
Debenhams | 0.07 | 82.07 |
PPR S.A. | 0.08 | 1008.50 |
Blokker Holding | 0.08 | 141.77 |
Nordstrom | 0.08 | 294.97 |
Gruppo Pam SPA | 0.09 | 1228.07 |
J Sainsbury Plc | 0.09 | 152.70 |
Associated British Foods plc/Primark | 0.09 | 824.77 |
Next | 0.09 | 154.44 |
DSG International | 0.09 | 356.89 |
Deichmann Group | 0.09 | 609.00 |
The IKEA Group | 0.10 | 588.92 |
Shoprite Holdings S. Africa | 0.10 | 4707.65 |
dm-drogerie markt | 0.10 | 295.57 |
Globus Holding | 0.11 | 3504.32 |
Bauhaus | 0.11 | 189.10 |
Sonae | 0.11 | 5250.61 |
Otto Group | 0.11 | 300.34 |
The Home Depot | 0.11 | 310.83 |
Iper la Grande | 0.12 | 451.91 |
Darty | 0.12 | 323.52 |
Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb | 0.13 | 225.03 |
B&Q | 0.13 | 295.70 |
LVMH | 0.14 | 1668.49 |
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. | 0.14 | 1168.80 |
Marks & Spencer | 0.14 | 66.13 |
Apple | 0.14 | 4960.55 |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | 0.14 | 145.49 |
Dansk Supermarked A/S | 0.15 | 492.62 |
British Home Stores | 0.15 | 278.68 |
Loblaw Companies Limited | 0.15 | 243.85 |
Pick ân Pay Stores | 0.15 | 404.05 |
El Corte Inglés | 0.15 | 450.12 |
Groupe Adeo | 0.16 | 177.62 |
Amazon.com | 0.16 | 141.29 |
CVS Caremark | 0.16 | 206.27 |
Conad Consorzio Nazionale | 0.17 | 746.80 |
Coop Group Switzerland | 0.17 | 8192.00 |
Reitangruppen AS | 0.17 | 1858.44 |
Axfood | 0.17 | 648.80 |
Edeka Zentrale | 0.17 | 264.14 |
Canadian Tire Corporation | 0.17 | 133.25 |
Esselunga S.p.A. | 0.17 | 472.80 |
Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA | 0.17 | 3227.97 |
Neiman Marcus | 0.17 | 64.94 |
Co-operative Group | 0.17 | 831.89 |
Dirk Rossmann | 0.18 | 286.96 |
Iceland Foods Group Ltd | 0.18 | 589.78 |
Dillard's | 0.18 | 144.27 |
Fast Retailing | 0.18 | 671.67 |
FDB (Coop Danmark AS) | 0.18 | 118.56 |
SPAR Ãsterreich | 0.18 | 484.14 |
BJ's Wholesale Club | 0.19 | 97.22 |
Koninklijke Ahold N.V | 0.19 | 7501.68 |
QuikTrip Corporation | 0.19 | 552.80 |
Lojas Americanas | 0.19 | 573.74 |
NorgesGruppen | 0.19 | 962.30 |
Office Depot | 0.19 | 118.46 |
Laviva | 0.20 | 1674.28 |
PetSmart | 0.20 | 29.43 |
Bic Camera Inc. | 0.20 | 207.93 |
Meijer | 0.20 | 37.23 |
Wal-Mart Stores | 0.20 | 1322.35 |
Walgreen | 0.20 | 242.97 |
Poslovni system Mercator | 0.21 | 1342.57 |
Signet Jewelers | 0.21 | 167.23 |
Eldorado LLC | 0.21 | 92.56 |
Wegmans Food Markets | 0.21 | 129.65 |
Apoteket AB | 0.21 | 213.79 |
Intermarche | 0.21 | 216.56 |
RaceTrac Petroleum | 0.21 | 195.00 |
Kesko | 0.21 | 635.49 |
Limited Brands | 0.22 | 184.15 |
Tesco plc | 0.22 | 358.28 |
Ets Franz Colruyt S.A. | 0.22 | 673.42 |
S Group | 0.23 | 167.12 |
Winn Dixie Stores | 0.23 | 521.45 |
Migros Genossenschafts Bund | 0.23 | 232.53 |
OJSC Magnit | 0.23 | 1170.19 |
Barnes & Noble | 0.25 | 162.35 |
Dell | 0.25 | 101.29 |
KF Gruppen | 0.25 | 596.92 |
Liverpool Mexico | 0.26 | 42.47 |
Systembolaget | 0.26 | 377.15 |
Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings | 0.28 | 237.33 |
Delhaize Group | 0.28 | 167.01 |
Wesfarmers Limited | 0.28 | 1020.00 |
Groupe Auchan SA | 0.28 | 153.71 |
Maxima Grupe | 0.28 | 708.35 |
CP All | 0.30 | 559.50 |
FEMSA Comercio | 0.31 | 1153.49 |
Michaels Stores | 0.32 | 179.05 |
Maruetsu Inc | 0.32 | 189.36 |
Spar Group | 0.33 | 51.89 |
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA | 0.33 | 1032.46 |
Wawa | 0.34 | 304.82 |
Ross Stores | 0.34 | 232.65 |
Edion Corporation | 0.35 | 538.02 |
Family Dollar Stores | 0.35 | 328.45 |
Defense Commissary Agency | 0.36 | 611.78 |
Golub Corporation/Price Chopper Supermarkets | 0.37 | 474.53 |
Shoppers Drug Mart | 0.37 | 378.34 |
BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) | 0.39 | 515.40 |
Seven & I Holdings | 0.39 | 519.43 |
Organizacion Soriana | 0.41 | 41.38 |
Grupo Eroski | 0.41 | 451.92 |
MatsumotoKiyoshi | 0.42 | 141.13 |
Target | 0.43 | 285.81 |
SuperValu | 0.43 | 469.90 |
Daiei Inc | 0.43 | 263.48 |
Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA | 0.44 | 338.86 |
Casey's General Stores | 0.45 | 448.27 |
J. Front Retailing | 0.46 | 108.47 |
Beisia Group | 0.46 | 475.53 |
The Tengelmann Group | 0.46 | 251.75 |
Metro | 0.47 | 690.07 |
Belk | 0.48 | 74.11 |
Don Quijote Co. Ltd. | 0.48 | 122.04 |
Harris Teeter | 0.48 | 280.15 |
S.A.C.I. Falabella | 0.48 | 262.30 |
Yamada Denki | 0.49 | 86.85 |
Marui Group | 0.50 | 330.70 |
Heiwado | 0.50 | 190.39 |
Tokyu Corporation | 0.50 | 913.39 |
DCM Japan Holdings | 0.50 | 688.93 |
Carrefour S.A. | 0.50 | 384.88 |
Bailian (Brilliance) Group | 0.50 | 192.49 |
Suning Appliance | 0.50 | 210.41 |
Raley's | 0.52 | 649.17 |
Hy-Vee | 0.52 | 369.60 |
AS Watson & Company | 0.52 | 965.34 |
X5 Retail Group N.V. | 0.54 | 3473.30 |
Joshin Denki Co Ltd | 0.54 | 91.76 |
Izumi Co Ltd | 0.54 | 159.76 |
Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores INC. | 0.54 | 216.45 |
Systeme U Centrale Nationale | 0.55 | 87.03 |
Stater Bros | 0.57 | 347.45 |
Gome Home Appliance Group | 0.58 | 185.43 |
Shinsegae | 0.60 | 65.01 |
Valor Co Ltd | 0.61 | 119.38 |
Grupo Jerónimo Martins | 0.62 | 216.36 |
Giant Eagle | 0.63 | 588.08 |
China Resources Enterprise | 0.67 | 770.51 |
Massmart Holdings | 0.78 | 60.01 |
Best Denki Co. Ltd. | 0.79 | 176.24 |
East Japan Railway Company | 0.79 | 633.12 |
Dalian Dashang Group | 0.84 | 156.54 |
Albertson's | 0.85 | 507.03 |
Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc. | 0.86 | 656.75 |
Uny (Apita) | 0.89 | 239.06 |
Shimamura | 0.90 | 308.81 |
The Bon-Ton Stores | 0.92 | 66.00 |
Takashimaya Company | 0.93 | 270.22 |
Cencosud S.A. | 0.94 | 495.42 |
AEON Company Limited | 0.96 | 275.15 |
Kojima | 0.97 | 113.23 |
Yodobashi Camera | 1.03 | 102.38 |
Dairy Farm International Holdings | 1.05 | 126.21 |
Izumiya Co Ltd | 1.15 | 193.94 |
K's Holdings Corporation | 1.32 | 156.69 |
Empire Company | 1.38 | 515.54 |
Lagardere Services Asia Pacific | 1.41 | 216.03 |
Lotte Shopping | 1.92 | 16.67 |
Lowe's Companies | 3.89 | 387.01 |
Organisation | A | AA |
---|---|---|
Cencosud S.A. | 50.00 | 99.24 |
Co-operative Group | 42.40 | 90.40 |
East Japan Railway Company | 14.07 | 71.85 |
Daiei Inc | 10.37 | 89.63 |
Organizacion Soriana | 9.60 | 9.60 |
Empire Company | 8.89 | 20.74 |
MatsumotoKiyoshi | 7.27 | 97.27 |
Tokyu Corporation | 6.67 | 62.96 |
Lagardere Services Asia Pacific | 5.93 | 7.41 |
Casey's General Stores | 5.19 | 99.26 |
Marui Group | 4.44 | 25.19 |
Izumiya Co Ltd | 3.73 | 55.22 |
Uny (Apita) | 3.70 | 65.93 |
PPR S.A. | 3.70 | 6.67 |
Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA | 3.53 | 9.41 |
SuperValu | 3.28 | 59.02 |
Walgreen | 3.10 | 55.04 |
Fast Retailing | 2.96 | 32.59 |
CVS Caremark | 2.96 | 26.67 |
AEON Company Limited | 2.96 | 17.04 |
Don Quijote Co. Ltd. | 2.96 | 14.07 |
Golub Corporation/Price Chopper Supermarkets | 2.78 | 98.61 |
S Group | 2.31 | 96.92 |
K's Holdings Corporation | 2.26 | 97.74 |
Izumi Co Ltd | 2.25 | 15.73 |
Kesko | 2.22 | 6.67 |
RaceTrac Petroleum | 1.94 | 85.44 |
Spar Group | 1.56 | 4.69 |
Big Lots | 1.50 | 7.52 |
Intermarche | 1.49 | 14.93 |
DCM Japan Holdings | 1.48 | 100.00 |
Dairy Farm International Holdings | 1.48 | 97.04 |
Systeme U Centrale Nationale | 1.48 | 94.07 |
Maruetsu Inc | 1.48 | 25.19 |
Iper la Grande | 1.48 | 13.33 |
X5 Retail Group N.V. | 1.48 | 12.59 |
Family Dollar Stores | 1.48 | 8.89 |
Winn Dixie Stores | 1.48 | 8.15 |
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. | 1.48 | 6.67 |
Grupo Jerónimo Martins | 1.48 | 3.70 |
Seven & I Holdings | 0.80 | 1.60 |
Systembolaget | 0.79 | 92.86 |
Beisia Group | 0.79 | 1.59 |
Groupe Adeo | 0.79 | 1.57 |
Best Denki Co. Ltd. | 0.79 | 0.79 |
Gruppo Pam SPA | 0.79 | 0.79 |
Ross Stores | 0.78 | 100.00 |
Deichmann Group | 0.78 | 28.12 |
Dillard's | 0.77 | 51.54 |
J. Front Retailing | 0.74 | 97.78 |
Defense Commissary Agency | 0.74 | 88.89 |
BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) | 0.74 | 80.00 |
Associated British Foods plc/Primark | 0.74 | 72.59 |
Yamada Denki | 0.74 | 62.96 |
The IKEA Group | 0.74 | 17.04 |
Edion Corporation | 0.74 | 10.37 |
The Home Depot | 0.74 | 8.89 |
Migros Genossenschafts Bund | 0.74 | 6.67 |
SPAR Ãsterreich | 0.74 | 6.67 |
Belk | 0.74 | 5.19 |
Dansk Supermarked A/S | 0.00 | 100.00 |
J Sainsbury Plc | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Lotte Shopping | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Nordstrom | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Wawa | 0.00 | 100.00 |
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA | 0.00 | 99.20 |
PetSmart | 0.00 | 98.40 |
QuikTrip Corporation | 0.00 | 97.67 |
Aldi | 0.00 | 97.60 |
Wal-Mart Stores | 0.00 | 97.60 |
Gome Home Appliance Group | 0.00 | 95.56 |
Koninklijke Ahold N.V | 0.00 | 95.56 |
Shinsegae | 0.00 | 95.56 |
AS Watson & Company | 0.00 | 94.07 |
Apple | 0.00 | 94.07 |
FEMSA Comercio | 0.00 | 93.97 |
Blokker Holding | 0.00 | 92.97 |
Coop Group Switzerland | 0.00 | 91.11 |
Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA | 0.00 | 88.89 |
Iceland Foods Group Ltd | 0.00 | 88.15 |
Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc | 0.00 | 87.41 |
Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc. | 0.00 | 84.00 |
WM Morrison | 0.00 | 84.00 |
Heiwado | 0.00 | 80.74 |
Canadian Tire Corporation | 0.00 | 76.80 |
Edeka Zentrale | 0.00 | 75.94 |
BJ's Wholesale Club | 0.00 | 69.53 |
Grupo Eroski | 0.00 | 68.89 |
Hy-Vee | 0.00 | 64.80 |
Delhaize Group | 0.00 | 60.61 |
Axfood | 0.00 | 57.78 |
Esselunga S.p.A. | 0.00 | 54.81 |
Next | 0.00 | 52.00 |
Tesco plc | 0.00 | 44.09 |
Michaels Stores | 0.00 | 44.00 |
Yodobashi Camera | 0.00 | 44.00 |
B&Q | 0.00 | 42.40 |
China Resources Enterprise | 0.00 | 41.22 |
Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores INC. | 0.00 | 38.40 |
Shoprite Holdings S. Africa | 0.00 | 33.33 |
Valor Co Ltd | 0.00 | 20.00 |
Shimamura | 0.00 | 19.55 |
Amazon.com | 0.00 | 17.60 |
Office Depot | 0.00 | 16.67 |
Bic Camera Inc. | 0.00 | 14.40 |
Dell | 0.00 | 14.40 |
Apoteket AB | 0.00 | 11.85 |
Debenhams | 0.00 | 10.37 |
Kojima | 0.00 | 10.37 |
Takashimaya Company | 0.00 | 8.80 |
Laviva | 0.00 | 8.40 |
Carrefour S.A. | 0.00 | 8.15 |
Ets Franz Colruyt S.A. | 0.00 | 8.15 |
Globus Holding | 0.00 | 8.15 |
KF Gruppen | 0.00 | 7.41 |
Pick ân Pay Stores | 0.00 | 7.41 |
Raley's | 0.00 | 7.41 |
Wegmans Food Markets | 0.00 | 7.41 |
Darty | 0.00 | 6.67 |
NorgesGruppen | 0.00 | 6.67 |
Sonae | 0.00 | 6.67 |
The Tengelmann Group | 0.00 | 6.67 |
Wesfarmers Limited | 0.00 | 6.67 |
Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings | 0.00 | 6.25 |
Albertson's | 0.00 | 5.41 |
El Corte Inglés | 0.00 | 4.80 |
OJSC Magnit | 0.00 | 4.44 |
Giant Eagle | 0.00 | 4.31 |
Meijer | 0.00 | 3.91 |
Metro | 0.00 | 3.91 |
Celesio AG | 0.00 | 3.85 |
Conad Consorzio Nazionale | 0.00 | 3.85 |
Alliance Boots | 0.00 | 3.82 |
Poslovni system Mercator | 0.00 | 3.70 |
The Sherwin-Williams Company | 0.00 | 3.20 |
Groupe Vivarte | 0.00 | 3.15 |
S.A.C.I. Falabella | 0.00 | 3.15 |
Stater Bros | 0.00 | 2.80 |
Harris Teeter | 0.00 | 2.40 |
Lowe's Companies | 0.00 | 2.33 |
Maxima Grupe | 0.00 | 2.29 |
CP All | 0.00 | 1.60 |
Eldorado LLC | 0.00 | 1.60 |
Lojas Americanas | 0.00 | 1.60 |
Target | 0.00 | 1.60 |
Dirk Rossmann | 0.00 | 1.57 |
Loblaw Companies Limited | 0.00 | 1.57 |
Bailian (Brilliance) Group | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Marks & Spencer | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Neiman Marcus | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Otto Group | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Shoppers Drug Mart | 0.00 | 0.80 |
Barnes & Noble | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Bauhaus | 0.00 | 0.00 |
British Home Stores | 0.00 | 0.00 |
C&A Europe | 0.00 | 0.00 |
DSG International | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Dalian Dashang Group | 0.00 | 0.00 |
FDB (Coop Danmark AS) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Groupe Auchan SA | 0.00 | 0.00 |
John Lewis Partnership Plc | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Joshin Denki Co Ltd | 0.00 | 0.00 |
LVMH | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Limited Brands | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Liverpool Mexico | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Massmart Holdings | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Reitangruppen AS | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Signet Jewelers | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Suning Appliance | 0.00 | 0.00 |
The Bon-Ton Stores | 0.00 | 0.00 |
The TJX Companies | 0.00 | 0.00 |
dm-drogerie markt | 0.00 | 0.00 |

Failing A & AA on every page
The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.
- Joshin Denki Co Ltd
- Groupe Auchan SA
- Barnes & Noble
- Bauhaus
- British Home Stores
- Massmart Holdings
- C&A Europe
- Dalian Dashang Group
- Limited Brands
- Liverpool Mexico
- LVMH
- Reitangruppen AS
- Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb
- Signet Jewelers
- Suning Appliance
- FDB (Coop Danmark AS)
- The Bon-Ton Stores
- DSG International
- dm-drogerie markt
- John Lewis Partnership Plc
- The TJX Companies

Excluded from INDEX
The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.
- Isetan
- RadioShack Corporation
- President Chain Corporation
- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
- Best Buy
- Controladora Comercial Mexicana S.A. de C.V.
- Coop Italy
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- Dunnes Stores
- Euroset Group
- The Game Group
- Hudson's Bay Company
- H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB
- Home Retail Group
- HORNBACH-Baumarkt
- ICA AB
- J.C. Penney
- Katz Group
- Kwik Trip
- Liberty Media LLC
- Schwarz Unternehmens Treuhand
- Life Corporation
- SHV Holdings N.V. / Makro
- MenardU.S.
- Mercadona, S.A.
- Migros Turk
- OfficeMax
- Publix Super Markets
- RONA
- Roundy's Supermarkets
- Safeway
- Fa. Anton Schlecker
- Maxeda
- Sheetz
- Staples
- The Pantry
- Whole Foods Market
- Williams-Sonoma
- WinCo Foods
- XXXLutz Group
- Inditex S.A
- Advance Auto Parts
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- AutoZone Inc.
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Casas Bahia SA
- Costco Wholesale
- Decathlon United
- Dollar General Corporation
- Dollar Tree Stores
- Douglas Holding
- Foot Locker
- GameStop
- The Gap
- H.E. Butt Grocery Company
- Jim Pattison Group
- Kohl's Corporation
- The Kroger Co
- Macy's
- Metro Group DE
- O'Reilly Automative
- Pao de Acucar
- Luxottica Group S.p.A.
- Rite Aid Corporation
- Save Mart Supermarkets
- Sears Holdings
- Army & Air Force Exchange Service
- Toys âRâ Us
- Woolworths Ltd

PDF testing
44.5% 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.

Top ten functional failures
The most common categories of functional failure.
url/fetch/notfound File not found |
27.73% |
file/image/badtype Image file has incorrect type |
22.14% |
url/fetch/errorstatus Error status code received from web server |
19.47% |
url/fetch/accessdenied Access is denied |
13.52% |
url/fetch/redirectloop Redirect points back to the original page |
5.34% |
url/fetch/badcookie Web server attempted to set invalid cookie |
5.10% |
url/fetch/timeout Timeout downloading file |
2.56% |
url/fetch/noaddr Host not found in DNS |
1.76% |
url/fetch/connref Connection refused by server |
0.92% |
url/fetch/badscheme URL scheme was unrecognised |
0.71% |

Top ten code quality failures
The most common categories of code quality failure.
file/html/badvalue Invalid attribute value |
22.49% |
file/html/badattr Invalid attribute name |
19.03% |
file/html/unknownentity Unknown entity name |
17.45% |
file/html/badentity Invalid character in entity |
17.05% |
file/html/tagnotallowed A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear |
8.51% |
file/html/unknowntag A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised |
3.63% |
file/html/missingclose An element is missing the required close tag |
2.70% |
file/html/closingunopened A redundant close tag was found |
1.73% |
file/html/unknownid Fragment identifier not found |
1.31% |
url/fetch/moved A "301 Moved Permanently" response was received |
1.27% |