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Why Shoppers Replace Their Mattresses—and How Retailers Can Respond

When an appliance stops working, replacement is usually an easy call. Mattresses are trickier. They can lose comfort and support gradually, and people may...




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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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The Ultimate Bedroom Makeover

Hoping to help customers enjoy a soothing, restful night while perking up add-on sales? Expand your business by encouraging shoppers create a sleep sanctuary With...

Intellibed Expanding Retail Reach

Intellibed, a producer of mattresses and sleep solution technologies based in Salt Lake City, is placing its products in Furnitureland South and Mathis Brothers,...

Mlily Opens New U.S. Warehouse

Mattress and pillow producer Mlily USA has opened a 115,000-square-foot distribution center in Andersonville, Tennessee, replacing a nearby site in Loudon, Tennessee. “Our growth plan...

Bedding Industries of America Opening West Coast Plant

The flagship licensee of mattress licensing group Eclipse International, Bedding Industries of America, will open a new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, showroom and distribution center...

New Lines Out Before April Vegas Market

Some bedding manufacturers are reacting to the industry’s revamped 2021 market calendar by embarking on their own initiatives to introduce new lines. The Winter Las...

King Koil Now at Best Mattress

King Koil has secured placements at Las Vegas-based retailer Best Mattress. The 22-store chain is flooring three of the Avondale, Arizona-based manufacturer’s collections —...

Katapult Names New Head of Product

Katapult, a New York-based provider of e-commerce point-of-sale purchase options for nonprime U.S. consumers, announced that Devjit Basu has joined the company as head of product....

Keep Calm and Carry On

If you have a plan for coping with them, supply chain disruptions don’t have to derail your business or anger your customers  Next-day delivery! Two-day...

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...