Sitemorse Top 250 Global Websites Q1 2015 April 2015

Portuguese retailer tops table of best performing global retail websites in Q1

Portugal-based Grupo Jerónimo Martins heads up the table of the world's best performing retail websites in Q1 2015 - a first for a retailer from that country - as it tops the table of the Top 250 global sites tested exclusively for the World Retail Congress by Sitemorse.

The company moved up 14 places, with a score of 6.28 out of 10 compared with 4.92 last time, just ahead of second-placed ICA from Sweden that moved up four places, Otto Group and Rewe-Zentral both from Germany climbed eight and six places respectively.

They were all new into the top five in what has been a quarter of great change - with only Group holding its position in the upper grouping as it slipped one place into fifth spot.

The scores for the Top 250 table are created by Sitemorse (www.sitemorse.com) using its automated software that reads and reviews the first 125 pages of each retailer’s site and places them in a ranked table based on user experience (UX), governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and search capability (SEO).

Although there are four German-based merchants in the top 20 this is one less than in Q4 2014 in what is a trend this quarter for less companies from the US and Germany that have historically had a strong presence at the top end of the table.

However, the top 20 places still remain tightly held by European companies alongside firms from the US and Japan, which suggests online is still being delivered most professionally in developed markets.

Despite the UK being the most passionate country for online commerce it has a poor record at the top of the table, with only represented - in 20th spot after a rise of 29 places. It replaces B&Q as the sole UK representative in Q1 after the DIY retailer slipped 48 places from last time when it held second spot.

It is certainly not the most disappointing performance this quarter as the big fallers include: The Bon-Ton Stores, which fell 159 places to 195th spot; Groupe Auchan fell 136 places to 178th spot; Raley's slipped 113 places to 203rd spot; and Richemont group declined 108 places to 142nd spot.

There were few large climbers this quarter, with the only notable improved performances coming from The Game Group that moved up 97 places to 56th spot, Race Trac Petroleum advanced 86 places to 65th spot, and Lowe's that climbed 84 places to 85th spot.

At least all these names are positioned well above the worst performers in the table in Q1 where Japan and the US still have a strong presence in the bottom 10 places. But at least Japan has reduced its number from five merchants last time to only three this quarter.

Brazil was the most disappointing country as it now has two merchants in the bottom 10, with Grupo Pão de Açúcar (now trading as CBD) falling 13 places to 211th spot and Casas Bahia slipped 47 places to 214th spot.

Although Sitemorse tested the top 250 global retailers, the final table contains only 218 names because companies were excluded from the process if they used assistive technology such as JavaScript, which breaks the general “rules of accessibility” of internet sites, according to Sitemorse.

Rank Exact Site Address Company Overall Overall http://www.biedronka.pl/ Grupo Jerónimo Martins 1 6.28 http://www.ica.no/ ICA AB 2 6.14 http://www.otto.de/ Otto Group 3 5.82 http://www.laviva.com/ Rewe-Zentral 4 5.66 http://www.spar.co.uk/ Spar Group 5 5.57 http://www.uny.co.jp/ Uny (Apita) 6 5.50 http://www.edion.co.jp/ Edion Corporation 7 5.40 http://www.hm.com/ H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB 8 5.39 http://www.groupe- Casino Guichard-Perrachon casino.fr/ S.A. 9 5.33 http://www.caseys.com/ Casey's General Stores 10 5.10 http://www.libertymedia.co m/ Liberty Media LLC 11 5.05 http://www.tengelmann.de/ The Tengelmann Group 12 4.97 http://www.tokyu.co.jp/ Tokyu Corporation 13 4.96 http://www.staterbros.com/ Stater Bros 14 4.86 http://www.norma- online.de/ Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb 15 4.84 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea http://www.aptea.com/ Company 16 4.78 http://www.dollartree.com/ Dollar Tree Stores 17 4.76 http://www.oxylane.com/ Oxylane Groupe 18 4.74 http://www.norgesgruppen. no/ NorgesGruppen 19 4.59 http://www.iceland.co.uk/ Iceland Foods Group Ltd 20 4.58 http://www.daiei.co.jp/ Daiei Inc 21 4.52 http://www.dunnesstores.ie/ 22 4.46 http://www.aldi.co.uk/ 23 4.42 http://www.magasins- u.com/ Systeme U Centrale Nationale 24 4.42 http://www.couchetard.co m/ Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc. 25 4.35 http://www.bauhaus.info/ Bauhaus 26 4.32 http://www.apple.com/ Apple 27 4.30 http://www.next.co.uk/ Next 28 4.28 http://www.axfood.se/ Axfood 29 4.28 http://www.abercrombie.co m/ Abercrombie & Fitch 30 4.28 http://www.supervalu.com/ SuperValu 31 4.27 http://www.gamestop.co.uk / GameStop 32 4.22 http://www.bricoman.fr/ Groupe Adeo 33 4.04 http://www.metro.ca/ Metro 34 4.02 http://www.dsjt.com/ Dalian Dashang Group 35 4.01 http://www.dairyfarmgroup. Dairy Farm International com/ Holdings 36 3.96 http://www.rona.ca/ RONA 37 3.96 http://shop.nordstrom.com/ Nordstrom 38 3.96 http://www.quiktrip.com/ QuikTrip Corporation 39 3.95 http://www.maruetsu.co.jp/ Maruetsu Inc 40 3.94 http://www.kwiktrip.com/ 41 3.94 http://www.carrefour.com/ S.A. 42 3.89 http://www.jreast.co.jp/ East Japan Railway Company 43 3.88 http://www.narvesen.no/ Reitangruppen AS 44 3.87 http://www.esselunga.it/ Esselunga S.p.A. 45 3.86 http://www.homeretailgrou p.com/ Home Retail Group 46 3.85 http://www.mercator.si/ Poslovni system Mercator 47 3.84 http://www.lvmh.com/ LVMH 48 3.84 http://www.conad.it/ Conad Consorzio Nazionale 49 3.84 http://www.diy.com/ B&Q 50 3.78 http://www.intermarche.co ITM Developpement m/ Internationale 51 3.77 http://www.dickssportinggo ods.com/ Dick's Sporting Goods 52 3.76 Gome Home Appliance http://www.gome.com.hk/ Group 53 3.73 http://www.kesaelectricals. com/ Kesa Electricals 54 3.71 http://www.wesfarmers.com .au/ Wesfarmers Limited 55 3.70 http://www.gamegroup.plc. uk/ The Game Group 56 3.70 http://www.burlingtoncoatf Burlington Coat Factory actory.com/ Investments Holdings 57 3.68 http://www.limited.com/ Limited Brands 58 3.68 http://www.daiki-grp.co.jp/ DCM Japan Holdings 59 3.68 http://www.presidentschoic e.ca/ Loblaw Companies Limited 60 3.59 http://www.ppr.com/ PPR S.A. 61 3.58 http://www.sonae.pt/ Sonae 62 3.58 http://www.donki.com/ Don Quijote Co. Ltd. 63 3.56 http://www.currys.co.uk/ DSG International 64 3.52 http://www.racetrac.com/ RaceTrac Petroleum 65 3.51 http://www.bim.com.tr/ BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) 66 3.50 http://www.bhs.co.uk/ Arcadia Group Limited 67 3.50 http://www.commissaries.co m/ Defense Commissary Agency 68 3.45 http://www.hankyu- dept.co.jp/ H2O Retailing Corporation 69 3.42 http://www.bestbuy.com/ Best Buy 70 3.40 http://www.marksandspenc er.com/ Marks & Spencer 71 3.40 http://www.familydollar.co m/ Family Dollar Stores 72 3.40 http://www.roundys.com/ Roundy's 73 3.39 http://www.co- operative.coop/ Co-operative Group 74 3.38 http://www.coop.ch/ Coop Group Switzerland 75 3.38 Lagardere Services Asia http://lsaspac.com/ Pacific 76 3.37 http://www.beisia.co.jp/ Beisia Group 77 3.34 http://www.rossstores.com/ Ross Stores 78 3.33 http://www.oxxo.com/ FEMSA Comercio 79 3.33 http://www.metro-cc.com/ Metro Group DE 80 3.28 http://www.0101maruigroup .co.jp/ Marui Group 81 3.24 http://www.eroski.es/ Grupo Eroski 82 3.22 http://www.hy-vee.com/ Hy-Vee 83 3.22 http://www.officemax.com/ OfficeMax 84 3.20 http://www.lowes.com/ Lowe's Companies 85 3.20 http://www.officedepot.co m/ Office Depot 86 3.20 http://www.meijer.com/ Meijer 87 3.16 http://www.oreillyauto.com/ O'Reilly Automative 88 3.16 http://www.sainsburys.co.uk / J Sainsbury Plc 89 3.14 http://www.walgreens.com/ Walgreen 90 3.14 http://www.michaels.com/ Michaels Stores 91 3.14 http://www.target.com/ Target 92 3.14 http://www.bedbathandbe yond.com/ Bed Bath and Beyond 93 3.14 https://www.7-eleven.com/ Seven & I Holdings 94 3.14 http://www.ikea.com/ The IKEA Group 95 3.13 http://www.e-leclerc.com/ Centres Distributeurs E. Leclerc 96 3.13 http://www.systembolaget.s e/ Systembolaget 97 3.12 http://www.shinsegae.com/ Shinsegae 98 3.11 http://www.globus.de/ Globus Holding 99 3.05 http://www.maxima.lt/ Maxima Grupe 100 3.05 http://www.thepantry.com/ 101 3.01 http://www.johnlewis.com/ John Lewis Partnership Plc 102 3.00 http://www.barnesandnobl e.com/ Barnes & Noble 103 3.00 http://www.ray-ban.com/ Luxottica Group S.p.A. 104 3.00 http://www.fastretailing.co m/ Fast Retailing 105 2.99 Associated British Foods http://www.primark.co.uk/ plc/Primark 106 2.98 http://www.kesko.fi/ Kesko 107 2.97 http://www.c-and-a.com/ C&A Europe 108 2.95 http://www.biglots.com/ Big Lots 109 2.94 http://www.costco.com/ Wholesale 110 2.94 http://www.apoteket.se/ Apoteket AB 111 2.94 http://www.walmart.com/ Wal-Mart Stores 112 2.92 http://www.deichmann.co m/ Deichmann Group 113 2.91 http://www.matsumotokiyos hi-hd.co.jp/ MatsumotoKiyoshi 114 2.91 http://winndixiegrocerystore s.com/ Winn Dixie Stores 115 2.91 http://www.j-front- retailing.com/ J. Front Retailing 116 2.90 http://www.elcorteingles.es/ El Corte Inglés 117 2.89 http://www.autozone.com/ AutoZone Inc. 118 2.86 http://www.gap.com/ The Gap 119 2.86 http://www.tkmaxx.com/ The TJX Companies 120 2.86 http://jimpattison.com/ Jim Pattison Group 121 2.86 http://www.zara.com/ Inditex S.A 122 2.82 http://www.ahold.com/ Koninklijke Ahold N.V 123 2.81 http://www.gianteagle.com / Giant Eagle 124 2.78 http://www.valor.co.jp/ Valor Co Ltd 125 2.75 http://www.rossmannversan d.de/ Dirk Rossmann 126 2.74 http://www.migros.ch/ Migros Genossenschafts Bund 127 2.72 https://www.sobeys.com/ Empire Company 128 2.71 http://www.dollargeneral.c om/ Dollar General Corporation 129 2.70 http://www.foodlion.com/ 130 2.70 http://www.lotteshopping.c om/ Lotte Shopping 131 2.69 http://www.cooponline.se/ KF Gruppen 132 2.68 http://www.izumiya.co.jp/ Izumiya Co Ltd 133 2.62 http://www.groupegaleriesl afayette.fr/ Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA 134 2.61 http://www.sears.ca/ Sears Holdings 135 2.60 http://www.sheetz.com/ 136 2.60 http://www.jcpenney.com/ J.C. Penney 137 2.60 http://www.cvscaremark.co m/ CVS Caremark 138 2.57 http://www.colruyt.be/ Ets Franz Colruyt S.A. 139 2.53 http://www.wawa.com/ 140 2.53 http://www.magnit-info.ru/ OJSC Magnit 141 2.52 Compagnie Financière http://www.dunhill.com/ Richemont SA 142 2.49 http://www.tesco.com/ plc 143 2.48 http://www.isetan.co.jp/ Isetan 144 2.44 http://www.7-11.com.tw/ President Chain Corporation 145 2.44 http://www.shoppersdrugm art.ca/ Shoppers Drug Mart 146 2.43 http://www.heb.com/ H.E. Butt Grocery Company 147 2.42 http://www.lloydspharmacy. com/ Celesio AG 148 2.42 http://www.merkal.com/ Groupe Vivarte 149 2.40 http://www.morrisons.co.uk/ WM Morrison 150 2.40 http://www.edeka.de/ Zentrale 151 2.40 http://www.footlocker.com/ Foot Locker 152 2.40 http://www.dm- drogeriemarkt.de/ dm-drogerie markt 153 2.40 http://www.heiwado.jp/ Heiwado 154 2.36 http://www.riteaid.com/ Rite Aid Corporation 155 2.36 http://dansksupermarked.dk / Dansk Supermarked A/S 156 2.35 http://www.yamada- denki.jp/ Yamada Denki 157 2.34 http://www.dell.com/ Dell 158 2.34 http://www.picknpay.co.za/ Pick ‘ n Pay Stores 159 2.34 http://www.advanceautop arts.com/ Advance Auto Parts 160 2.34 http://www.williams- sonoma.com/ Williams-Sonoma 161 2.34 http://www.iper.it/ Finiper s.p.a 162 2.33 http://www.safeway.com/ Safeway 163 2.32 http://www.s-kanava.fi/ S Group 164 2.32 http://www.harristeeter.com / Harris Teeter 165 2.32 http://www.wegmans.com/ Wegmans Food Markets 166 2.28 http://www.sherwin- williams.com/ The Sherwin-Williams Company 167 2.24 http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com 168 2.24 http://www.7-eleven.com/ CP All 169 2.18 http://www.woolworths.com .au/ Woolworths Ltd 170 2.16 http://www.spar.at/ SPAR Österreich 171 2.15 http://www.homedepot.co m/ The Home Depot 172 2.14 http://www.fdb.dk/ FDB (Coop Danmark AS) 173 2.14 http://www.neimanmarcus. com/ Neiman Marcus 174 2.14 http://www.petsmart.com/ PetSmart 175 2.14 http://www.boots.com/ Alliance Boots 176 2.14 http://www.eldorado.ru/ Eldorado LLC 177 2.14 http://www.auchan.fr/ Groupe Auchan SA 178 2.14 http://www.wholefoodsmar ket.com/ 179 2.14 http://www.canadiantire.ca / Canadian Tire Corporation 180 2.09 http://www.albertsonsmarke t.com/ Albertson's 181 2.09 http://www.debenhams.co m/ Debenhams 182 2.08 http://www.kohls.com/ Kohl's Corporation 183 2.08 http://www.americanas.co m.br/ Lojas Americanas 184 2.08 http://www.x5.ru/ X5 Retail Group N.V. 185 2.07 http://www.dys.cl/ Distribucion y Servicio D&S SA 186 2.01 http://www.shopriteholdings .co.za/ Shoprite Holdings S. Africa 187 1.99 http://www.kojima.net/ Kojima 188 1.90 http://www.bjs.com/ BJ's Wholesale Club 189 1.89 http://www.staples.com/ Staples 190 1.88 http://www.crvanguard.co m.cn/ China Resources Enterprise 191 1.84 http://www.aeon.info/ AEON Company Limited 192 1.82 http://joshinweb.jp/ Joshin Denki Co Ltd 193 1.72 http://www.toysrus.com/ Toys “ R” Us 194 1.72 http://www.bonton.com/ The Bon-Ton Stores 195 1.72 http://www.douglas.de/ Douglas Holding 196 1.72 http://www.falabella.com/ S.A.C.I. Falabella 197 1.70 http://www.cnsuning.com/ Suning Appliance 198 1.70 http://www.biccamera.com / Bic Camera Inc. 199 1.70 http://www1.soriana.com/ Organizacion Soriana 200 1.66 http://www.shimamura.co.j p/ Shimamura 201 1.66 Army & Air Force Exchange http://www.aafes.com/ Service 202 1.63 http://www.raleys.com/ Raley's 203 1.62 http://www.blokker.nl/ Blokker Holding 204 1.62 http://www.takashimaya.co .jp/shopping/ Takashimaya Company 205 1.62 http://www.kay.com/ Signet Jewelers 206 1.62 http://www.macys.com/ Macy's 207 1.62 http://www.radioshackcorp oration.com/ RadioShack Corporation 208 1.62 http://www.dillards.com/ Dillard's 209 1.56 http://www.belk.com/ Belk 210 1.56 http://www.paodeacucar.c om.br/ Grupo Pao de Acucar 211 1.47 http://www.izumicorp.co.jp/ Izumi Co Ltd 212 1.46 http://www.liverpool.com.m x/ El Puerto de Liverpool 213 1.31 http://www.casasbahia.co m.br/ Casas Bahia SA 214 1.30 http://www.yodobashi.com / Yodobashi Camera 215 1.10 http://www.euroset.com/ Euroset Group 216 1.10 http://www.cencosud.com. ar/ Cencosud S.A. 217 0.33 http://www.bestdenki.com.s g/ Best Denki Co. Ltd. 218 0.32