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Shopify Accessibility Lessons from a Small Business Saturday Purchase

Dec 8, 2025
Small Business Saturday 2025: Accessibility Lessons for Shopify and Small Online Stores When the holiday shopping season begins, national chains and big retail brands dominate the ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Shopify, Ecommerce

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Mobile Accessibility Narration: A Frustrating Shopping Experience

Dec 1, 2025
I have been shopping early Black Friday deals for the better part of a month. I recently made a purchase of some holiday decor from a fairly large online housewares retailer using ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce, European Accessibility Act

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Retail Homepage Accessibility and the European Accessibility Act

Nov 26, 2025
With online traffic peaking for the holidays, many shoppers are landing on retail homepages at the exact moment regulators are doing the same. In Sweden, the Post and Telecom ...

Web Accessibility, Retail, User Experience, Ecommerce, European Accessibility Act

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Halloween Accessibility Nightmares: 3 Real Barriers a Blind Shopper Faced in October

Oct 30, 2025
With Halloween tomorrow, it felt like the right time to share a few accessibility horror stories from real tasks I tried to complete this month. In this blog, I will describe ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Ecommerce

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Fall 2025 Accessibility: A Screen Reader User’s Look Ahead

Sep 22, 2025
Fall is almost upon us. Stores are putting out the sweaters and Halloween decor, coffee shops are brewing up the pumpkin spice, and my local ice cream spots have brought back the ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, mobile accessibility, NDEAM, Ecommerce

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Common Accessibility Challenges in Clearance Shopping: User Story

Jan 31, 2025
During the several days between Christmas and New Year's, stores heavily discount the remaining Christmas decorations. I scoop up as many items as possible for next year at ...

Web Accessibility, User Experience, Ecommerce

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Navigating Accessibility: A Black Friday Shopping Experience on Mobile

Nov 20, 2024
A favorite local retailer of mine was running some early Black Friday sales at the beginning of November. Needing to replace some holiday decorations that broke last year, I ...

Retail, User Experience, Mobile, Ecommerce

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Mobile Grocery Shopping Accessibility: Challenges for Blind Shoppers

Sep 11, 2024
One industry that is becoming increasingly digitalized is grocery shopping. According to a 2024 report by eMarketer, the U.S. online grocery market is projected to reach $187.7 ...

User Experience, Mobile, Ecommerce, Grocery

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A Blind Person's Perspective on Mobile Accessibility in Ecommerce

Aug 21, 2024
One of the most popular sectors of online retail is clothing. I have shopped for clothes on websites for many years. In the past, I discussed common accessibility challenges that ...

User Experience, mobile accessibility, Ecommerce

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