Sitemorse Top 250 Global Retail Websites Q4 2015 December 2015 Swedish retailer powers ahead of pack with top performing website in Q4 Sweden- retailers at the head of the table of the Top 250 global websites tested exclusively for the World Retail Congress by Sitemorse in Q4 2015. This quarter it achieved a very impressive score of 8.52 out of 10 compared with 8.14 in Q3 that puts it some way ahead of second-placed Ross Stores that moved up 69 places with a score of 5.90. Last quarter Systembolaget fended off B&Q to hold onto the top spot with the UK DIY firm scoring 6.66. In Q4 it has disappointingly slipped 53 places to 55th spot. This means there are no UK-based retailers in the top 20 this quarter since clothing retailer Next has also fallen from this elite grouping, to now stand in 103rd spot having dropped 84 places. The highest placed UK company is electrical retailer DSG International (trading as Currys) in 50th spot following a fall of seven places, which is a poor situation when considering that the country is arguably the most advanced in the world in terms of its e- commerce and multi-channel retail capabilities. In contrast it has been a good Q4 for Japan, Sweden and Germany that each has four representatives in the top 20. The latter country is even more impressive as it has two further retailers Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb and The Tengelmann Group sitting in 21st and 22nd spots. Apple was close to making it into the top 20 in Q3 but it has fallen seven places this quarter to sit in 36th spot with a score of 4.12. For such an exemplary retailer it is a surprise that it does not sit higher in the table. The scores for the Top 250 table are created by Sitemorse (www.sitemorse.com) using its automated software that and places them in a ranked table based on user experience (UX), governance, risk and compliance (GRC), and search capability (SEO). It has been a fine quarter for Denmark-based retailer Dansk Supermarked that is the highest climber in Q4 with a leap of 120 places to 46th spot. Almost as impressive is US r Gome Home Appliance Group that climbed 94 places to 39th spot. It was not such a good quarter for the big fallers, with Italy-based Iper La Grande the heftiest decliner, slipping 118 places to 170th spot. It was followed by Sears Holdings, which fell 104 places to 197th spot, and H2O Retailing Corporation fell 93 places to 131st spot. However, all these retailers performed better than those located in the bottom 10 of the table. Three newcomers entered this grouping - JC Penney, El Corte Inglés and Isetan. The latter means Japan has four companies in this bottom bracket compared with three in Q3. 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 internet sites, according to Sitemorse. Change since 2015 Exact Ran Q3- Organisation Site address overa k Global ll 250 Retaile rs 1 0 Systembolaget http://www.systembolaget.se/ 8.52 2 69 Ross Stores http://www.rossstores.com/ 5.90 3 1 Esselunga S.p.A. http://www.esselunga.it/ 5.68 4 5 Don Quijote Co. Ltd. http://www.donki.com/ 5.52 5 1 Tokyu Corporation http://www.tokyu.co.jp/ 5.48 6 -1 Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. http://www.groupe-casino.fr/ 5.33 7 19 LVMH http://www.lvmh.com/ 5.30 8 21 Metro Group DE http://www.metro-cc.com/ 5.30 9 6 Dalian Dashang Group http://www.dsjt.com/ 5.24 10 7 Globus Holding http://www.globus.de/ 5.21 11 2 H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB http://www.hm.com/ 5.19 12 -1 Apoteket AB http://www.apoteket.se/ 5.14 13 11 Uny (Apita) http://www.uny.co.jp/ 5.12 14 -11 Otto Group http://www.otto.de/ 5.10 15 -8 Jim Pattison Group http://jimpattison.com/ 5.06 16 0 Liberty Media LLC http://www.libertymedia.com/ 5.05 17 3 Axfood http://www.axfood.se/ 5.00 18 -8 Edion Corporation http://www.edion.co.jp/ 4.94 19 3 Rewe-Zentral http://www.laviva.com/ 4.94 20 -6 Grupo Jerónimo Martins http://www.biedronka.pl/ 4.74 21 2 Norma Lebensmittelfilialbetrieb http://www.norma-online.de/ 4.66 22 -1 The Tengelmann Group http://www.tengelmann.de/ 4.61 23 25 DCM Japan Holdings http://www.daiki-grp.co.jp/ 4.52 24 -12 Gruppo Pam SPA http://www.gruppopam.it/ 4.51 25 -7 Dollar Tree Stores http://www.dollartree.com/ 4.44 26 2 Systeme U Centrale Nationale http://www.magasins-u.com/ 4.42 27 -19 Casey's General Stores http://www.caseys.com/ 4.40 28 2 Kwik Trip http://www.kwiktrip.com/ 4.30 29 new dm-drogerie markt https://www.dm.de/ 4.30 30 19 The TJX Companies http://www.tkmaxx.com/ 4.30 31 1 RaceTrac Petroleum http://www.racetrac.com/ 4.23 32 1 Nordstrom http://shop.nordstrom.com/ 4.22 33 6 WinCo Foods http://www.wincofoods.com/ 4.22 34 2 Stater Bros http://www.staterbros.com/ 4.14 35 2 Bauhaus http://www.bauhaus.info/ 4.14 36 -9 Apple http://www.apple.com/ 4.12 37 5 Roundy's Supermarkets http://www.roundys.com/ 4.11 38 2 Lagardere Services Asia Pacific http://lsaspac.com/ 4.09 39 94 Gome Home Appliance Group http://www.gome.com.hk/ 4.09 40 116 Albertson's http://www.albertsonsmarket.com/ 4.05 41 0 Aldi http://www.aldi.co.uk/ 4.04 42 15 Conad Consorzio Nazionale http://www.conad.it/ 4.02 http://www.dickssportinggoods.co 43 43 Dick's Sporting Goods 4.02 m/ 44 -13 SuperValu http://www.supervalu.com/ 4.01 45 80 Valor Co Ltd http://www.valor.co.jp/ 4.01 46 120 Dansk Supermarked A/S http://dansksupermarked.dk/ 3.97 47 16 East Japan Railway Company http://www.jreast.co.jp/ 3.96 48 12 FEMSA Comercio http://www.oxxo.com/ 3.95 49 7 Poslovni system Mercator http://www.mercator.si/ 3.92 50 -7 DSG International http://www.currys.co.uk/ 3.90 51 -1 Home Retail Group http://www.homeretailgroup.com/ 3.85 52 -1 Reitangruppen AS http://www.narvesen.no/ 3.85 53 -28 Big Lots http://www.biglots.com/ 3.84 54 1 Maxima Grupe http://www.maxima.lt/ 3.83 55 -53 B&Q http://www.diy.com/ 3.78 56 -21 QuikTrip Corporation http://www.quiktrip.com/ 3.77 57 27 Fast Retailing http://www.fastretailing.com/ 3.73 58 65 Safeway http://www.safeway.com/ 3.70 http://www.groupegalerieslafayett 59 -14 Groupe Galeries Lafayette SA 3.69 e.fr/ 60 22 Groupe Adeo http://www.bricoman.fr/ 3.68 61 3 Wesfarmers Limited http://www.wesfarmers.com.au/ 3.66 62 -16 Loblaw Companies Limited http://www.presidentschoice.ca/ 3.61 63 24 Marui Group http://www.0101maruigroup.co.jp/ 3.60 64 -3 Co-operative Group http://www.co-operative.coop/ 3.58 65 -18 Dairy Farm International Holdings http://www.dairyfarmgroup.com/ 3.56 66 26 Abercrombie & Fitch http://www.abercrombie.com/ 3.50 67 -2 BIM (Birlesik Magazalar A.S.) http://www.bim.com.tr/ 3.50 http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com 68 50 Bed Bath and Beyond 3.50 / 69 -10 Oxylane Groupe http://www.oxylane.com/ 3.48 70 -2 Kesa Electricals http://www.kesaelectricals.com/ 3.45 71 48 Michaels Stores http://www.michaels.com/ 3.44 72 -3 Limited Brands http://www.limited.com/ 3.42 73 25 Dollar General Corporation http://www.dollargeneral.com/ 3.42 74 47 O'Reilly Automative http://www.oreillyauto.com/ 3.42 75 -3 Best Buy http://www.bestbuy.com/ 3.40 76 77 Edeka Zentrale http://www.edeka.de/ 3.40 77 74 WM Morrison http://www.morrisons.co.uk/ 3.38 78 -3 Coop Group Switzerland http://www.coop.ch/ 3.38 79 -2 PPR S.A. http://www.ppr.com/ 3.38 80 -22 Compagnie Financière Richemont SA http://www.dunhill.com/ 3.38 81 -19 Daiei Inc http://www.daiei.co.jp/ 3.34 82 22 CP All http://www.7-eleven.com/ 3.32 83 23 Seven & I Holdings https://www.7-eleven.com/ 3.32 84 -30 Maruetsu Inc http://www.maruetsu.co.jp/ 3.32 85 65 Defense Commissary Agency http://www.commissaries.com/ 3.25 86 -16 Spar Group http://www.spar.co.uk/ 3.23 87 16 Grupo Eroski http://www.eroski.es/ 3.22 88 0 ICA AB http://www.ica.no/ 3.22 89 -15 Lotte Shopping http://www.lotteshopping.com/ 3.21 90 62 John Lewis Partnership Plc http://www.johnlewis.com/ 3.20 91 18 Tesco plc http://www.tesco.com/ 3.20 92 -2 Lowe's Companies http://www.lowes.com/ 3.20 93 17 Costco Wholesale http://www.costco.com/ 3.20 94 -3 Sonae http://www.sonae.pt/ 3.20 95 -22 Marks & Spencer http://www.marksandspencer.com/ 3.20 96 -18 Beisia Group http://www.beisia.co.jp/ 3.18 97 -3 Koninklijke Ahold N.V http://www.ahold.com/ 3.17 98 76 Joshin Denki Co Ltd http://joshinweb.jp/ 3.16 99 18 Target http://www.target.com/ 3.14 100 -3 Harris Teeter http://www.harristeeter.com/ 3.14 101 10 The IKEA Group http://www.ikea.com/ 3.13 102 -68 Dunnes Stores http://www.dunnesstores.ie/ 3.12 103 -84 Next http://www.next.co.uk/ 3.12 104 33 CVS Caremark http://www.cvscaremark.com/ 3.07 105 -6 The Pantry http://www.thepantry.com/ 3.01 106 new Alimantation Couche-Tard Inc.