Lagging Website Performance Will Cost You Money, Period

Atlanta-based Home Depot is struggling with a response time above the average benchmark, at 5.1983 seconds, ranking No. 37, down from No. 35. Wal-Mart and Costco are below the benchmark for response time, but above that three-second threshold. Home Depot's availability was 99.81 percent, ranking No. 36, down from 100 percent availability last month.