{"id":3697153,"date":"2026-04-30T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3697153"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T22:35:55","slug":"wayfair-deploys-ai-and-influencers-to-beat-furniture-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/earnings\/2026\/wayfair-deploys-ai-and-influencers-to-beat-furniture-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayfair Deploys AI and Influencers to Beat Furniture Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) and influencers helped\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutwayfair.com\/\">Wayfair<\/a>\u00a0outperform the home furnishings category during the first quarter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/investor.wayfair.com\/governance\/board-of-directors\/default.aspx\">Niraj Shah<\/a>, the company\u2019s CEO, co-founder and co-chairman said during a Thursday (April 30) earnings 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down in the low-single-digit range for the quarter, but Wayfair outperformed the market by a high-single-digit spread, he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Thursday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/investor.wayfair.com\/news\/news-details\/2026\/Wayfair-Announces-First-Quarter-2026-Results-Reports-Strong-Share-Capture-and-a-Return-to-Active-Customer-Growth\/default.aspx\">earnings release<\/a>, Wayfair\u2019s revenue was up 7.4% year over year, reaching\u00a0$2.9 billion\u00a0in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take confidence in knowing that whichever direction the macro turns, Wayfair will be a key share winner because our scale gives us the ability to build a customer experience that cannot be matched,\u201d Shah said during the call.<\/p>\n<p>Wayfair\u2019s scale advantage in technology includes the ability to develop solutions that can be used in all the company\u2019s geographic markets and continuously improve\u00a0the customer\u00a0experience.<\/p><div id=\"pymnt-2311996509\" 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