Sarthak Sethi

The future of Furniture Retail

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Most furniture brands still sell online like it’s 2015.

Static product images.
Maybe an AR button nobody really uses.

But furniture is one of the most context-dependent purchases people make.

Customers don’t just buy a sofa.
They buy whether it fits their room, lighting, flooring, and style.

And most retailers still expect customers to imagine all of that mentally.

That imagination gap leads to:
• hesitation
• abandoned carts
• endless consultations
• returns

The industry tried solving this with heavy 3D tools and AR.
One was too complex.
The other often felt gimmicky.

What people actually wanted was simpler:

Upload your room.
See products inside it instantly.
Make decisions faster.

Feels like commerce is shifting from:
“browse products”

to

“This is how the new sofa would look in my living room.”

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