Q1 2026 INDUSTRY REPORT
The State of Ecommerce: Furniture category
Furniture's Q1 reset: Margin gains, visibility losses
- See how the category traded volume for profitability, and what it'll take to rebuild the funnel in Q2.
- Furniture brands cut volume to protect margin in Q1 2026. But glance views dropped 50% YoY, putting future growth at risk.
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Key takeaways
Volume traded for profitability:
Ordered revenue declined ~43% YoY on an indexed basis as the category reset toward higher-quality business
Pricing discipline lifted margins:
ASP rose ~33% YoY while discount rates compressed from ~27–28% to ~17%, driving gross unit margins to ~54%, up 18+ ppts YoY
Top-of-funnel visibility eroded sharply:
Glance views fell ~50% YoY and conversion rates softened to ~1.3–1.6%, down from ~1.5–1.9% a year prior
Ad efficiency held despite pullback:
Ad spend dropped ~25% YoY while ROAS remained steady, with CPC easing to $0.56–$0.65 from $0.63–$0.73
PO fill rate surged to category-leading levels:
PO fill rate climbed to ~68% on average, up ~25 ppts YoY, even as on-hand inventory dropped 25% YoY
Out-of-stock losses compressed to multi-year lows:
OOS revenue loss fell ~53% YoY, and Rep OOS rates hit 26-month lows of ~0.9–1.4%, down from 2.6–4.6% a year earlier
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