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Housing Activity Offers a Useful Signal for Mattress Retailers

The housing market may be giving mattress retailers a modest reason to pay attention this spring.




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Louis Shanks Furniture Closes After 78 Years in Business

NEWS RELEASE AUSTIN, Texas (Sept. 19, 2023) — An iconic retail brand throughout Texas and...

Buying Behavior, Part 4: The Purchase Experience

Consumer preference for online mattress buying continues to rise, but brick-and-mortar stores remain important,...

Sleep Number Closing at Least 40 Stores in 2024

Last week, Minneapolis-based bed and mattress manufacturer Sleep Number announced its sales results for...

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Precision Textiles Debuts Foam Pillow with FR Barrier

Totowa, New Jersey-based Precision Textiles has developed a foam pillow featuring the same FR capabilities as the company’s IQ FIT Glass Free products with...

Eliminating Kids’ Night Terrors

Sometimes a few good strategies can bring back sweet dreams. Happy Beds, a U.K. mattress retailer, teamed up with sleep psychologist Katherine Hall of Somnus...

Ergomotion Names New National Accounts Manager, Canada

Ergomotion has hired Jason Spreckley as its new national accounts manager for Canada. In this role, Spreckley will lead Ergomotion’s efforts to grow its...

Mlily USA to Begin U.S. Production of New Mattress Lines

Mlily USA plans to start U.S. production of two new mattress collections introduced at the Summer Las Vegas Market and expects to start shipping...

What Consumers Want in Mattress Toppers

Recent consumer research offers insights into what prompts consumers to shop for a mattress topper, giving retailers ways to reach them along their buying...

Malouf Home Adds Dealer Locator to Website

Malouf Home, a source for mattresses, sleep accessories and furniture based in Logan, Utah, has added a dealer locator to its website, MaloufHome.com. The...

More Double-Digit Mattress Declines in July

Piper Sandler retail survey says dollars down 11% in July while units dipped 19% Retail mattress sales posted double-digit dollar and unit declines in July...

Paramount Sleep’s Arthur Diamonstein Dies

Arthur Diamonstein, 92, former president and chairman of the board of Paramount Sleep Company, died peacefully at home, surrounded by his loving family, on...

Brooklyn Bedding and Helix Sleep Receive Endorsements from American Chiropractic Association

The American Chiropractic Association has endorsed five mattresses by Phoenix-based Brooklyn Bedding and by Helix Sleep, headquartered in New York. Brooklyn Bedding’s Plank Firm and...

Mattress Retailer Penalized $68,916 for Recycling Violations

NEWS RELEASE SACRAMENTO – Los Angeles retailer 101 Design Furniture and Mattress faces $68,916 in penalties after failing to collect and submit consumer mattress recycling...

Malouf Names Joel Dewberry as Vice President of Marketing

Malouf has appointed Joel Dewberry as vice president of marketing. Through this newly created role, the company will continue to support retailers by developing...

Continuing to Rize

The Rize merger with Glideaway benefits both sides of the bedding aisle. Rize, formerly known as Mantua, and Glideaway, strategically announced their merger the week before...

Lull Partners with Pottery Barn

Santa Barbara, California-based mattress company Lull Ventures LLC has teamed up with Pottery Barn and Pottery Barn Kids to sell Lull products in all...

Tempur Sealy Invests in Sleep Technology Company

Tempur Sealy International Inc. made a $20 million investment in Bryte Inc., makers of AI-powered restorative sleep technology. Additionally, the two companies intend to...

Meet Kate Caddy

ISPA’s sustainability manager shares her take on the importance of sustainability within the bedding industry and what attendees can look forward to at ISPA’s...

Spring Air Signs Florida Licensing Agreement With New Deal, Only Three Open Territories Remain In U.S.

NEWS RELEASE WOBURN, Mass. –Top 20 U.S. bedding manufacturer Spring Air International has inked a licensing deal with Compass Bedding Products for the State of...

Ante4autism Continues its Winning Streak

The 14th annual Ante4autism poker tournament held July 23 at the South Point Hotel and Casino during the Summer Las Vegas Market raised $140,212....

Bedgear Augments Sales Team, Promotes Several Sleep Coaches

NEWS RELEASE FARMINGDALE, N.Y., August 4, 2022 – Sleep products maker Bedgear has hired two new strategic sales leaders, elevated the head of human capital...

Gold Bond Adds New Low-Profile Version of Its Two-Sided Venice Mattress Models

NEWS RELEASE HARTFORD, Conn. – Independent bedding manufacturer, Gold Bond, added a new two-sided, low-profile Venice SKU to its collection of innerspring mattress sets...

Mattress Sales Down in Second Quarter

Total unit shipments of mattresses and foundations from U.S. producers and imports dropped 13.3% in the second quarter of 2022, compared with the second...

Outward Inc. Unveils New, Innovative Features of Aperture Platform

Outward Inc., an independent Williams-Sonoma Inc. company involved in visual technology solutions for the home furnishings industry, unveiled new and enhanced features for its...