Sofa Beds Online vs In-Store: UK Purchase Channel Data 2026

Sofa beds are the most access sensitive upholstered item in a British home, and that logistical reality shapes how they are bought, according to a new editorial analysis from Furniture in Fashion. The report explains that the internal folding frame makes a sofa bed heavier and less willing to flex than an ordinary sofa of the same length, so the diagonal of a doorway, the headroom in a hallway and the turn on a staircase decide more purchases than styling does. It identifies removable arms as the specification detail that most often rescues a delivery in a terraced house, and separates the judgements best made in person, including mechanism operation and folded seat comfort, from those best made on screen, including sleeping size and open floor projection. A route table covers front doors, hallway headroom, stair turn diagonals and open projection. No channel share figures are given, because no public body publishes them....