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ISPA Announces 2025 Award Winners, Honoring Excellence in the Sleep Products Industry

ISPA NEWS RELEASE (Alexandria, VA) – The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) will pay tribute to the recipients of its 2025 ISPA Industry Awards, recognizing...




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Shifman Gives John Nagle Top Sales Honor

Shifman Mattresses has awarded territory manager John Nagle with the company’s top sales award. The...

Casper Names New CEO

New York City-based sleep products company Casper announced Joe Megibow will succeed Emilie Arel...

Industry Veterans Launch Innovative Sleep Technologies

Innovative Sleep Technologies is a new company in the adjustable base and bedding categories....

Revolutionizing the Mattress Shopping Experience: A New Approach to Better Sleep

Join Kathryn Greene as she interviews Nate Cangemi, a seasoned industry expert, about his new venture: Golden Dreams Mattress. Discover how Nate's innovative approach...

Wright Creative Branding & Labels’ Vicki Fishman to Retire

Wright Creative Branding & Labels announced the retirement of 40-year company veteran and executive Vicki Fishman, an industry leader who has dedicated more than...

Growth Fuels Mlily USA’s Sales Team Expansion

Knoxville, Tennessee-based Mlily has made two additions to its sales team to elevate the brand and its service levels for retailer partners nationwide. Industry...

Spring Air Expands Customer Service Resources

Bedding manufacturer and licensing group Spring Air International is expanding its national customer service capabilities to reflect an increase in private-label direct-ship business.  According to...

Rize Home Expands Sales Leadership Team

Cleveland, Ohio-based sleep solutions and home furnishings manufacturer Rize Home has announced a strategic realignment of its sales territories. As part of this initiative,...

Paramount Sleep Grows Sales and Marketing Team 

Norfolk, Virginia-based Paramount Sleep Co. has promoted two associates to new positions in sales and marketing and added an intern to support growth.  According to...

Heritage Sleep Concepts Appoints Andrew Burt as New VP of Sales 

Rome, Georgia-based mattress manufacturing company Heritage Sleep Concepts has announced Andrew Burt as its new vice president of U.S. sales. Burt, who has more...

Ergomotion Promotes Gui Peres to CEO

Ergomotion, an adjustable base supplier headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, has promoted Gui Peres to CEO. Peres had served as chief operating officer since...

Symphony Sleep Adds Sales Veterans to Its Sales Force

Innovative Sleep Technologies (IST), a manufacturer of adjustable bed bases headquartered in St. Peters, Missouri, is expanding its sales team in response to increasing...

Mlily USA Promotes Valued Team Member and Announces New Hires

Knoxville, Tennessee-based Mlily USA is promoting Ray Bishop, former administrative director, to the role of communications director and has also hired industry veterans Chase...

Shifman Hires Industry Veteran Mark Quinn As Part of Sales and Leadership Restructuring Initiative 

Newark, New Jersey-based luxury mattress manufacturer Shifman Mattress Co. has restructured its leadership and sales teams, hiring industry veteran Mark Quinn, promoting long-time company...

Purecare Co-chair Arnold Hershbain Dies at 77

Arnold Hershbain, co-founder and co-chair of Phoenix, Arizona-based wellness-focused bedding accessories manufacturer Purecare, died on July 8 at age 77.  Born in New York City...

CertiPUR-US Program Names Deputy Executive Director 

The Rochester Hills, Michigan-based CertiPUR-US program has selected Dan Dobratz as deputy executive director. When the organization’s current executive director, Michael Crowell, retires later...

Covestro Welcomes New Texas Plant Manager

Covestro LLC, with world headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany, and U.S. headquarters in Pittsburgh, has named Victor Ortega the new senior vice president for performance materials...

Palmetto Pedic Poised For Major Expansion

Palmetto Pedic LLC, the five-year-old foam and bedding supplier owned by leading global fabric and home fashions manufacturer Home Furnishing International, has enlisted bedding...

Ergomotion Names 3 Executives to Key Roles

Ergomotion, an adjustable base supplier headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, recently promoted two leaders and a new hire to key executive roles.  A 15-year veteran...

Longtime Spring Air International Chair and CEO Edward Bates Dies

Edward Bates, longtime chair and CEO of Woburn, Massachusetts-based Spring Air International, died on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he lived. He was...

Shifman Adds Industry Sales Veteran

Newark, New Jersey-based Shifman Mattress Co. has hired industry veteran Adam Fain as director of national accounts to support the brand’s growth opportunities and...

“Take 5” With Laurie Tokarz: New ISPA Chair Shares Vision and Goals

Join Kathryn Greene, senior editor for Sleep Savvy and BedTimes magazines, in this special edition of "Take 5" as she interviews Laurie Tokarz, president...

Jim Loree Named CEO of Serta Simmons Bedding 

NEWS RELEASE DORAVILLE, Ga., June 26, 2024 – Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC (SSB), a leading global sleep company, today announced that Jim Loree, a seasoned...

Furniture Industry Group Raises More Than $960,000 For City of Hope

The home furnishings industry raised more than $960,000 during this year’s West Coast Golf & Tennis Tournament to benefit City of Hope, the largest...