Lighting & Accessories--Retail

Lighting and lighting accessories retail stores supply lighting products, fixtures and accessories for a wide range of private, residential, commercial and public purposes. Lighting and lighting accessories include fixed and free standing lighting and lamps, together with the accessories and hardware for installation, maintenance and on-going use of the lighting products.

Lighting products include spot, flood and down lights, overhead, pendant, recessed and track lighting, floor and table lamps and chandeliers. Lighting accessories include fluorescent, halogen, LED and incandescent light globes, electrical switches and architectural hardware. Lighting can be used for both practical and aesthetic purposes. It can be used to create a range of effects, to improve performance or appearance and is a major source of energy consumption in most buildings.

Retailers can supply lighting and accessories for both indoor and outdoor lighting solutions, including such specialist products as landscape and all-weather outdoor lights, Christmas and decorative lights, reproduction and period lighting and hardware. Retailers also supply large scale solutions for conferences and trade-shows, exhibitions and performances, and special functions and occasions. The design of lighting solutions and the choice of lighting products and accessories is an important part of residential, commercial and even landscape architecture and design. Many lighting retailers are able to provide computer aided solutions to assist with this planning, together with skilled and licenced technicians to install the desired lighting solution.