Updated January 11, 2011
Efficient website performance is a major driver of satisfaction for the internet shopping experience. This is a list of the U.S. retail internet and mobile websites that were judged to have the best performance as measured by speed and performance.
The efficient and reliable performance of a retail shopping website is particularly important during the peak shopping periods of the busy holiday shopping season. Slow websites don't just cause frustration, they cause abandonment. Similar to shoppers who are not willing to wait in long lines to pay for purchases at a bricks-and-mortar stores, virtual shoppers have proven that they have little or no patience for web and mobile shopping sites which make them wait.
Technology company Compuware Corporation measured the speed and performance of 15 of the largest internet and mobile retailers based in the U.S. Based on their measurements
Five Most Efficient Retail Websites Based in the U.S. During the 2010 Holiday Shopping Season:
1. Dell
2. QVC
3. Williams Sonoma
4. Sears
5. Office Depot
Five Most Efficient Retail Websites Based in the U.S. During the 2010 Holiday Shopping Season:
1. QVC
2. Newegg
3. Williams Sonoma
4. Amazon
5. Dell
