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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,...




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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...

Industry Veterans Launch Innovative Sleep Technologies

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

Leslie Morris Appointed Vice President of Sales, Standard Fiber

Burlingame, California-based Standard Fiber has hired Leslie Morris as its new vice president of...

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...

New ISPA President Alison Keane Shares Her Vision for the Future

In this exclusive interview, senior editor Kathryn Greene chats with Alison Keane, the newly appointed president of ISPA. Learn about Alison's journey to the...

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...

Alison Keane Named New President Of The International Sleep Products Association And The Mattress Recycling Council

The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) has chosen Alison Keane to be president of ISPA and the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), succeeding Ryan Trainer...

ISPA Announces Board of Trustee Election Results

Elects Laurie Tokarz as Board Chair and Allen Platek as Vice Chair. The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) has announced the results of its 2024...

Don’t Drive Drowsy: It’s Like Driving Drunk | Get Sleep Savvy

Drowsy driving danger. Think twice before driving tired! Sleep expert Terry Cralle from the Better Sleep Council uses a powerful analogy to show just...

WithIt Conference Set for June With Portia Mount as Keynote

WithIt—Women in The Home Furnishings Industry Today—will hold its annual professional conference June 10-12 at the Westin Poinsett Hotel in Greenville, South Carolina. Titled “Transformative...

Mlily USA Adds Four Leaders to Sales and Operations

Knoxville, Tennessee-based Mlily USA has named four executives to key sales and operations leadership roles as the bedding manufacturer focuses on organizational alignment and...

Dino Cifelli is New Metro Mattress CEO

Syracuse, New York-based mattress retailer Metro Mattress announced Dino Cifelli as the company’s new CEO. The company was founded in 1978, and owns and...