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Using Outdoor Advertising to Keep Your Store Top of Mind

Outdoor advertising can help mattress retailers keep their store name visible near commuter routes, shopping corridors, and retail clusters, especially when used as a simple, repeated reminder rather than a stand-alone sales strategy.




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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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MRC’s Paris Gholston Joins WithIt Board

Women’s leadership development network keeps most of 2020 board in place for 2021 Paris Gholston, industry communications specialist for the Mattress Recycling Council, has been...

Therapedic Holding Virtual Winter Market

Retailers can’t wait until a spring show for new products, company says Licensing group Therapedic International is hosting its own virtual winter market — a...

Conn’s Taking HomePlus to Tampa

Retailer plans to open two new stores in the coastal Florida market this winter Conn’s Inc., a retailer of furniture, mattresses, appliances and electronics based...

Mattress Shopping Market Continues Its Evolution

Comprehensive survey confirms shift to online purchasing and other changes accelerated by the pandemic By David Perry A broad consumer survey conducted by the Better Sleep...

Return to the New Normal

Retailers can look forward to an increasingly favorable operating environment this year as the economy gradually rebounds from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic Editor’s...

Annual Ante4Autism Poker Tournament Moves to April 13

The charity event will shift along with Las Vegas Market dates; participants will take Covid-19 safety precautions The 13th annual Ante4Autism event will be held...

ISPA Welcomes Perry

The former executive editor of Furniture Today joins the Sleep Savvy team as editor at large We are kicking off the new year with exciting...

Magniflex Designs Exclusive Collection For Costco Canada

PRATO, Italy – Italian mattress manufacturer Magniflex has designed an exclusive mattress collection for Costco Canada’s e-commerce site. Magniflex designed three mattresses specifically for the...

King Koil Launches First Partnership With RC Willey

Program to Feature Luxury and SmartLife Mattress Collections AVONDALE, Ariz. – Leading mattress manufacturer, King Koil, has partnered for the first time with top 100 home furnishing...

ISPA Forecast: Declines in 2020, Modest Gains in 2021, 2022

The U.S. mattress industry is expected to see declines in both the dollar value and number of units shipped in 2020, according to the...

PureCare Launches Silk Pillowcases

PureCare defines beauty sleep with Pure Silk pillowcases Leading sleep essentials brand debuts Pure Silk, touting beauty and wellness benefits PHOENIX (December 14, 2020) – PureCare,...

ISPA Adds Veteran Bedding Editor Dave Perry to Publications Team

ALEXANDRIA, VA—The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) has hired David T. Perry to the newly created position of editor at large for its two...

Another Perspective

Are the delays in filling some mattress orders due to Christmas?   The mattress industry is oversold; too many wanting mattresses and too few able to...

CertiPUR-US Program Launches $2,000 Sweepstakes for Online Certificate Course Takers

Complete the 20-minute course between November 2020 and March 31, 2021, to be automatically entered to win ROCHESTER HILLS, MI –The CertiPUR-US® foam certification program...

Holiday Spending Forecast Is More Ho-Hum Than Ho-Ho-Ho

While overall sales are expected to rise only 1%-1.5%, e-commerce could grow by 25%-35% Retail sales during this year’s winter holidays are forecast to rise...

Mattress Recycling Council Turns 5

The nonprofit organization founded by the bedding industry marks major milestones as it continues to raise awareness about mattress recycling and make the process...

Katapult Removes Late Fees As Part of a Consumer-Centric Focus

NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Katapult, the leading omnichannel payment platform providing lease-purchase solutions, today announced it will no longer charge consumers late fees on...

ISPA, MRC Switch to Indigenous Peoples Day

Industry groups stop marking Columbus Day in October. As a retailer, will you follow suit? Fourteen hundred ninety-twoColumbus sailed the ocean blue.He had three ships...

The Show Must Go On

Las Vegas Market exhibitors make the best of a difficult situation with limited showroom openings and lots of virtual tours It was no surprise that...

Retailers Get Ready

Survey shows the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t disruptedconsumer holiday shopping plans Despite the impact of COVID-19, shoppers do not plan to significantly change their holiday spending,...

Who Is That Masked Retail Associate?

Face coverings are now part of our attire. Here are tips for keeping your employees and customers safely covered Forget cool boots and tweedy jackets....