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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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GhostBed CEO: Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Should Embrace DTC Mattress Brands

“Just think of how successful this can be,” says Marc Werner, chief executive officer of GhostBed, a growing direct-to-consumer brand based in Plantation, Florida. He...

Avocado Plans Major Push Into Brick-And-Mortar Stores

Three stores are planned for 2021 and several more in 2022 Avocado Green Mattress is getting into brick-and-mortar retail in a big way, giving customers...

Soft-Tex Opens 2nd U.S. Manufacturing Plant

Facility in Texas will speed delivery to retailers, the company says Soft-Tex International, a producer of bedding and home comfort products based in Waterford, New...

Pleasant Mattress Draws From Past to Give McRoskey Beds New Look

Manufacturer Pleasant Mattress Inc. has unveiled new looks for the McRoskey brand. Five innerspring beds in the Modern and Classic collections feature updated woven...

Brooklyn Bedding Goes Deep With Upscale New Sheets

Brooklyn Bedding has expanded its selection of sleep accessories sold in its company stores and online. Deep Cotton Bamboo Sheets by Brooklyn Bedding are...

Retail Survey: Q2 Finishes Strong, Q3 Outlook ‘Highly Favorable’

Retail mattress sales were strong in June compared to their performance in June 2019, and retailers recorded substantial increases in written orders for the...

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...