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Sleeping with a Partner

The latest Better Sleep Council research delves into bed partners and sleep. Every day, Retail Sales associates encounter people looking for a new mattress and...




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Talking Design Trends With Thom Filicia

The celebrity designer shares his thoughts on why it’s important for designers and retailers...

A Concrete Advertising Tool for Your Toolbox

Your brick-and-mortar store is one of the most powerful instruments you have to reach...

Sleeping with a Partner

The latest Better Sleep Council research delves into bed partners and sleep. Every day, Retail...

Maximizing Your Feedback

To become a more effective manager, you need feedback — not only from your supervisor, but from the employees you supervise. Be aware, however, that...

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” – Survey offers supply chain insights. (And provides some good news for retailers.)

Susan Mathes, vice chair of the Better Sleep Council, analyzes key findings of a supply chain survey conducted by the BSC. https://youtu.be/0mDLyXbE_v0

Mattress Sales Down 6% in January, Survey Says

The new year got off to slow start for bedding retailers, with total delivered mattress sales declining in January by a mean of 6%,...

The Future of Retail Design

Stores need to be adaptable, agile and connected to consumers, a new forecast says The past two years have tested retailers’ abilities to pivot, and...

Quick: Look Under the Bed

Bed frames and platform bases aren’t as sexy as adjustables but still provide value for shoppers Stationary bed bases don’t have the power to raise...

Retail Outlook: Choppy Waters but Favorable Winds Ahead

Consumers are expected to shift their spending from goods to services but a generally robust economy should help retail sales grow 4.5%  Retailers, especially those...

Fresh Starts

What will 2022 bring? It's difficult to predict anything after the last two years There's just something about January, isn't there? We flip the calendar...

Research Brings King-Size Good News

Consumer shift to larger mattresses would bring more comfort to consumers and more dollars to retailers There could be a king-size installment of good news...

Popping the Question

Follow these best practices for inquiring about a potential employee’s Covid-19 vaccination status and avoid paying a fine The tricky question more and more employers...

A Bittersweet Goodbye

As much as I love being the editor of Sleep Savvy, it’s time for me to move on. Here’s why Like many of us, I...

Survey: Mattress Units Down Again in October, Dollars Up

Retailers expect more double-digit sales growth in rest of year, according to Piper Sandler report Mattress retail sales were up 15% in October, the fourth...

“Inside the Mind of the Mattress Shopper” – with BSC member Tim Witherell

Better Sleep Council member Tim Witherell, vice president/general manager of bedding at Hickory Springs, tells us why mattress shoppers now prefer brick-and-mortar retailers and...

September Mattress Sales Strong, Units Down, Survey Finds

Mattress sales growth was strong in September, but unit sales were down compared to the same month last year as the industry saw the...

Survey: Consumers Blame Both Manufacturers and Retailers When Products Fail

When a mattress dips in the center, a pillow loses its loft or an adjustable bed base stops functioning, consumers may blame the product...

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” – With the BSC’s Susan Mathes

Better Sleep Council vice chair Susan Mathes tells us why mattress shoppers continue to favor online shopping and looks at how consumers are sleeping...

Milestones

This month marks two profound anniversaries in my life — one rewarding, the other horrific This month marks a personal milestone for which I am...

Golden Insights Into Mattress Prices

Going inside the minds of mattress shoppers reveals retailers are leaving money on the table in many transactions, according to a BSC survey We will...

All About the Products

We’re putting the emphasis on products in this article, starting with tips for freshening up your merchandising strategy to best show off mattresses and...

Survey: Pace of Mattress Sales Growth Slowed in July

But retailers expected strong Labor Day spike A new retail mattress survey found that sales growth slowed in July, but retailers expected sales to pick...

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” – BSC Research Is a Rich Trove of Information for Retailers

The Better Sleep Council’s Mary Helen Rogers tells us what the latest BSC research can teach retailers. (Spoiler: There are consumer dollars you may...

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” – Mattress Is Key to Good Sleep

Therapedic International President Gerry Borreggine tells editor at large Dave Perry that Better Sleep Council research continues to affirm the importance of good sleep...