Usability, Richness and Performance

Through this article I will be covering the Usability, Richness and Performance aspects of the mobile websites of some major retail companies in the US. I will limit myself to mobile version of the home page of these sites.

The sites I am planning to cover are taken from the -  Keynote Performance Index: Mobile Commerce (Retail) – US - Week Ending 7 April 2013 . These are arranged from the fastest to the slowest.

Rank	Retailer	Score (out of 1,000)*	Load Time (in seconds)	Success Rate (percentage)
1	Barnes & Noble	950	4.43	99.87
2	Grainger	842	4.26	99.50
3	HSN	838	6.84	99.75
4	Office Depot	831	4.70	99.51
5	Toolfetch.com	812	2.84	99.26
6	Amazon.com	800	6.75	99.62
7	J.C. Penney	782	8.70	99.75
8	PetSmart	758	8.31	99.64
9	Target	745	8.62	99.63
10	American Eagle Outfitters	741	11.23	99.87
11	Sears	696	2.89	98.88
12	Walgreens	694	6.51	99.25
13	Dick's Sporting Goods	692	12.83	99.87
14	Walmart.com	650	7.96	99.25
15	Rakuten Shopping	649	7.58	99.20

To be continued...