Hitachi’s E-Commerce UX
This is a case study of Hitachi’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 463 design elements. 243 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Hitachi’s overall e-commerce UX performance is broken. This is mainly due to broken On-Site Search, Product Lists & Filtering, and Mobile Web performances.
First benchmarked in January 2021 and reviewed once in October 2022.
Overall UX Performance
463 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
265 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
36 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
31 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
37 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
35 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
104 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
22 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
198 Guidelines · Performance:
To learn how we calculate our performance scores and read up on our evaluation criteria and scoring algorithm head over to our Methodology page.
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Hitachi’s Desktop Web E-Commerce Design
15 pages of Hitachi’s e-commerce site, marked up with 139 best practice examples:
Hitachi’s Mobile Web E-Commerce Design
15 pages of Hitachi’s e-commerce site, marked up with 136 best practice examples:
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