Wall Lights Online vs In-Store: UK Purchase Channel Data 2026
The channel British households buy wall lighting through is decided by whether the wiring position has already been fixed. That is the headline conclusion of the UK Purchase Channel Data 2026 report from furniture and lighting retailer Furniture in Fashion, which finds that a known cable location turns wall light buying into a specification exercise suited to online purchase, while an open position pulls the decision towards a showroom. Replacement purchases are the most online friendly of all, because backplate size, projection, lamp type and fixing centres are already known, and the report identifies backplate dimensions as the specification most often missed, since a smaller plate exposes the patched wall behind it. Colour temperature and beam shape remain the attributes buyers most want to assess in person. The analysis contains no channel share figures, because comparable national data on UK lighting purchase channels is not published....