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Former Carpenter CEO Inducted Into Hall of Fame

Stanley F. Pauley, former CEO and chair of Richmond, Virginia-based Carpenter Co., was posthumously inducted into the American Home Furnishing Hall of Fame on...




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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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Mattress Firm Promises to Rid Country of “Junk Sleep”

New campaign features actor Liev Schreiber and Olympian Gabby Douglas Mattress Firm, a Houston-based specialty sleep chain, is using a new campaign to shed light...

Precision Adds Pillows

Industry supplier Precision Textiles has added three more pillows to its SlumberShield sleep accessories brand. Approximate retail prices range from $69.95 to $99.95 for...

Casper Brand Now in Mattress Warehouse

Casper Sleep Inc. has added another established retailer to its growing wholesale channel. Beginning in July, Frederick, Maryland-based sleep shop chain Mattress Warehouse is...

Rize Creates Convenient Catalog

Sleep products producer Rize, a division of Mantua Manufacturing Co., based in Cleveland, Ohio, has published a new product catalog for retailers that makes...

BSC Study: Consumers More Willing to Shop, Buy in-Person in Q2

A new consumer study conducted by the Better Sleep Council reveals that consumers are showing signs of returning to some pre-pandemic attitudes and shopping...

Buying Behavior, Part 4: The Purchase Experience

Consumer preference for online mattress buying continues to rise, but brick-and-mortar stores remain important, a Better Sleep Council survey shows Consumer preference for purchasing mattresses...

Spring Air NE Licensee Opens New Plant

Spring Air International’s northeastern licensee U.S. Bedding/Spring Air Northeast moved to a new plant in Fall River, Massachusetts. Less than a mile from its...

Chinese Company Buying Logicdata

The maker of adjustable bed bases will operate as a separate company Zhejiang Jiecang Linear Motion Technology Co. Ltd., a publicly traded entity based in...

Industry Veteran Niles Cornelius Retires

Ending his career at Hickory Spring Manufacturing, he spent nearly 50 years in the bedding business Bedding industry veteran Niles Cornelius, who has held a...

“Take 5 With Dave” – Episode 2

In the second episode of the new video series "Take 5 With Dave," Sleep Savvy and BedTimes editor at large David Perry interviews Therapedic...

Memorial Day Mattress Sales Sizzle, Retail Survey Reveals

Memorial Day weekend mattress sales were up by a mean of 63% as the retail climate for bedding remains healthy, a new survey says. The...

Ante4autism Rescheduled, Carlitz Again a Sponsor

The 13th annual Ante4autism poker tournament, which was rescheduled from the Winter Las Vegas Market, will take place at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21...

Pleasant Offers Budget Spring Air Models

Producer Pleasant Mattress, which holds the license to sell Spring Air in California and Arizona, launched its own value-priced Spring Air program. In a...

Hopeful in High Point

Steady traffic, design tweaks, new collaborations and calming sleep were some of the highlights of this traditionally quiet bedding market In some ways, the High...

Logicdata Previews SilverSlim Prototype

Adjustable base maker Logicdata gathered retailer feedback at the April Las Vegas Market on a new base prototype, SilverSlim.  The base has a sleek, low-profile...

Customatic Adjustable Launched

Customatic Technologies unveiled the DreamFlex adjustable base, targeting premium price points, at the Las Vegas Market in April. The base is packed with features...

TSI Sees Sales Jump, Delays Line Launch and Makes Acquisition

On May 27, Tempur Sealy International Inc. provided an update on its expected second-quarter sales. The Lexington, Kentucky-based company reported sales had accelerated and...

Americanstar U.S. Adds Retailer, Launches Lines

Houston-based Americanstar U.S., part of Vietnam’s Americanstar Group, has inked a distribution deal with Mattress Firm Montana and launched new collections.  The Mattress Firm licensee...

Therapedic Adds 2 Licensees

Therapedic International, based in Princeton, New Jersey, has added two domestic companies to its growing group of more than 50 licensees on six continents....

How to Win the Hiring War

Follow these recommendations to enhance your workplace reputation and compete for top talent against bigger brands  There was a time when Apple was known only...

Southerland’s “Cool” Introductions

At the Las Vegas Market in April, producer Southerland, based in Nashville, Tennessee, highlighted the importance of better sleep with the Signature and ThermoBalance...