Best practices and basic steps to help you safeguard your business The sheer number and variety of disasters that can strike — and potentially devastate — your business is enough to keep any retailer up at night, regardless of how comfortable your mattresses might be. Hurricanes. Fires. Earthquakes. Floods. Tsunamis. Tornadoes. Blizzards. Landslides. Volcanic eruptions, if […]
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Summer Reading List for Retailers
Pack these books for your next trip, business or pleasure Summer is a perfect time to catch up on your reading. We’ve created a list of not-too-taxing books that will help you improve your skills and your business — and maybe spark a new idea or project. Download the audiobooks to your phone, add them […]
From the Better Sleep Council
The Sound Sleepers and the Wide Awakers
New BSC research shows male retirees have the best sleep habits, while women — especially moms and students — struggle to get enough rest The Better Sleep Council, the consumer-education arm of the International Sleep Products Association, released its research findings from The State of America’s Sleep study, revealing that nearly six in 10 women […]
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Retail Road Trip: Matthews Mattress Thrives With DIY Strategy
This family-owned sleep shop chain in California finds success through tenacity, flexibility and innovation | Photography by Jordan Famer Photography | From a single store, Matthews Mattress has grown to a chain of nearly a dozen locations dotting the small towns and suburbs around Sacramento, California. Even with an onslaught of online challengers and price-competitive […]
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Exhausted? You’re Not Alone
Annual survey analyzes how well — or poorly — the world is sleeping and what, if anything, adults are doing about it Here’s a universal observation about sleep: Most adults around the world are worn out but don’t do much to help the situation. In fact, according to the findings from a recent annual global […]
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Growth Ahead for Bedding Sector
ISPA’s most recent forecast predicts increases in the total U.S. market for mattresses and stationary foundations in 2019 and 2020 Editor’s note: The International Sleep Products Association’s econometric model has been updated to provide two forecasts for mattresses and stationary foundations. The first forecast measures unit shipments and dollar value for the total U.S. mattress […]
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It Is Easy Bein’ Green
Making simple changes can reduce your store’s environmental footprint and reduce your costs, too The first Earth Day was nearly 50 years ago and today, virtually everyone participates to some extent in the three Rs — reduce, reuse, recycle. Doing so helps cut the amount of stuff we send to landfills, decreases our energy use […]