This is a case study of Ann Taylor’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 682 design elements. 196 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Ann Taylor’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. Their UX is especially thwarted by usability issues related to broken Customer Accounts, poor On-Site Search, and poor Order Tracking & Returns performances.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 16 times since then, most recently December 14, 2020.
Overall UX Performance
866 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
482 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
54 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
47 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
90 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
96 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
130 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
38 Guidelines · Performance:
Order Tracking & Returns
27 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
384 Guidelines · Performance:
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