This is a case study of Macy’s e-commerce user experience (UX) performance. It’s based on an exhaustive performance review of 1160 design elements. 213 other sites have also been benchmarked for a complete picture of the e-commerce UX landscape.
Macy’s overall e-commerce UX performance is mediocre. This is mainly due to good On-Site Search while simultaneously having broken Homepage & Category and mediocre Mobile App.
First benchmarked in April 7, 2012, and reviewed 27 times since then, most recently December 2, 2022.
Overall UX Performance
1196 Guidelines · Performance:
Desktop Web
458 Guidelines · Performance:
Homepage & Category
31 Guidelines · Performance:
On-Site Search
46 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Lists & Filtering
85 Guidelines · Performance:
Product Page
101 Guidelines · Performance:
Cart & Checkout
118 Guidelines · Performance:
Customer Accounts
38 Guidelines · Performance:
Site-Wide Features
12 Guidelines · Performance:
Order Tracking & Returns
27 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile Web
374 Guidelines · Performance:
Mobile App
364 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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30 pages of Macy’s e-commerce site, marked up with 353 best practice examples:
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25 pages of Macy’s e-commerce site, marked up with 177 best practice examples:
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