E-tailers becoming more sensitive to the needs of disabled shoppers

E-tailers becoming more sensitive to the needs of disabled shoppers
Tags: Multichannel Retailing, Online Retailing
January 20, 2009

Internet Retailer: Retailers including Canadian Tire Corp. and Home Hardware Stores Ltd. are making their e-commerce sites more accessible with innovative technology that provides Web page navigation without a conventional keyboard or computer mouse.

Canadian Tire and Home Hardware Stores have deployed technology from Essential Accessibility that gives people without full motor skills the ability to navigate Web pages without regular use of a mouse or keyboard. The software comes in a variety of applications, providing handicapped computer users multiple ways to control Web pages.

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