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## AI is changing how homeware shoppers decide what to buy. Is your brand part of the conversation?

54% of UK firms now use AI, but homewares scores the lowest of any retail category for AI readability.

###### Download The Persuasion Factor to find out how to close that gap before your competitors do.

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# The shopper journey isn't a straight line anymore

For two decades, marketers designed customer journeys like architects — funnels, keywords, landing pages, a clean path from awareness to purchase.

Generative AI has broken that model. Shoppers now move fluidly between ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and retailer sites, often within a single session, picking up ideas and vocabulary at every stop.

The result? Brands no longer control the journey. But that doesn't mean they've lost influence, it means influence now happens somewhere new.

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# Why does this matter?

#### AI readability score

47% - AI readability score for Furniture & Home, the lowest of any retail category measured by Adobe (May 2026)

### Improved conversion rate from AI traffic

54% — Better conversion rate for AI-referred traffic vs. non-AI traffic

### Traffic Sources

Just 10.6% of consumers now rely on just one source (website, AI, social) to make a purchase decision

### Adoption

Adoption is accelerating faster than the category is adapting — which means there's still time to get ahead, but not much.

# What's inside the report?

- **The five-stage AI shopper journey** — from "vibing" and inspiration through to learning, visualising, browsing and buying, and how people move between them non-linearly
- **Why generative AI doesn't remove persuasion, but relocates it** — and what that means for how you build brand authority
- **Why "vocabulary" is the new keyword** — how the language your content teaches shoppers becomes the language they use in their next AI conversation, including with competitors
- **What actually gets brands recommended by AI** — the role of structured, specific product data (with real-world examples)
- **Five strategic priorities** to build AI visibility now — from topical authority to measuring AI as a channel, not just a talking point

## Get ahead in your category

**Homewares is the least AI-ready category today.**  
Download the whitepaper to discover how early-moving brands can help shape the language, content and structure AI models learn from and gain an edge as AI reshapes discovery.

*Instant access. No obligation. Just the research.*

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