Showroom + AI mismatch
You've invested in physical retail and digital ads but LLMs cite generalist marketplaces because they aggregate more reviews.
GEO audit by industry
"Best modular sofa under €2000", "Scandinavian-style bedroom in Milan", "Maisons du Monde alternatives with design". For every prompt like this ChatGPT picks 3-5 brands. The GEO audit tells you whether you're one and why the others win.
Furniture has long purchase cycles: buyers research 4-8 weeks before purchasing. Increasingly that research happens via LLMs ("something between Maisons du Monde and B&B Italia"). Without an audit you don't know where your brand enters the initial consideration set.
You've invested in physical retail and digital ads but LLMs cite generalist marketplaces because they aggregate more reviews.
Prompts use stylistic terms ("japandi", "mid-century") that your SEO optimized for "3-seater sofa" doesn't intercept.
Italian craftsmanship value often fails to emerge in AI answers because the site doesn't declare it with structured signals.
These are the kinds of buyer-intent prompts ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity surface daily for your category.
Four objective metrics that translate into actions: brand recall, share of voice, citation sentiment and competitor coverage.
How often your brand is cited on buyer-intent prompts for the sector.
Your share in AI answers vs IKEA, Maisons du Monde, Mondo Convenienza, B&B Italia.
Perceived positioning: quality, design, price. Discrepancies between how you tell it and how AI describes you.
The marketplaces and brands intercepting your primary queries in AI engines.