March 2026 Retail Metrics:
March gave us a tale of two floors — more opportunity, but less to show for it.
In mattress, traffic and prospecting surged, but conversion fell sharply as time with customers dropped, turning more conversations into missed closes.
In furniture, the opposite pattern showed up — teams are converting slightly better, but fewer people are walking in, dragging revenue down. Across both categories, the signal is the same: activity is there, but it’s not being fully captured.
This month isn’t about demand disappearing — it’s about what’s happening between the door and the sale.
Today's Rundown
- Q4 Home Furnishing Benchmark Report: Sign up to receive the Q2 2024 Home Furnishing Benchmark Report.
- The Highs and Lows – The Tale of Two Stores: Download our latest use case and turn every rushed interaction into a calm, confident close.
- Cold play: How AI virtual try-on solutions Google & Doji are changing retail
March 2026: Furniture Industry
March 2026: Mattress Industry
Retail Snippets
Consumer shift: 4 retail trends that will reshape the industry in 2025.
Cold play: The Toy industry faces ‘devastating’ impact from tariffs.
‘Welcome Joann customers’: Longtime competitor woos shoppers from closing retailer.
Random Irrelevance
Mapped: Anthropic intensifies AI competition with $200 plan for Claude models.
Smooth Travels: US airports report smooth operations as new Real ID requirement takes effect.
Never before Seen: NASA tracks strange never-before-seen ‘waterworld’ planet eight times the size of Earth.
