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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...




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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....

Arkansas Homefurnishings Association Adds Steve Johnson to Board of Directors

The Arkansas Homefurnishings Association — which boasts more than 500 retail and associate members...

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...

Shifman Hires Lineback for Territory Expansion

Newark-New Jersey-based Shifman Mattresses has added Spencer Lineback to its sales team to lead growth in the mid-Atlantic territory, as the luxury mattress manufacturer...

Casper Names New CEO

New York City-based sleep products company Casper announced Joe Megibow will succeed Emilie Arel as CEO. The two will work together until March 1...

Rize Home Strengthens Leadership Team

Cleveland, Ohio-based Rize Home has added two seasoned professionals, Michael Chambers and Eric Beebe, to its leadership team, according to a news release. Michael Chambers...

GhostBed Hires U.S. Sales Director

Plantation, Florida-based GhostBed has named Craig Leffew as its new director of sales for the United States. Leffew will spearhead the company’s U.S. sales...

Mattress Firm Welcomes Maria Melendez as Executive Vice President of Human Capital

NEWS RELEASE HOUSTON, TX (NOVEMBER 8, 2023) – Mattress Firm, the nation’s largest mattress specialty retailer, announced today that Maria Melendez has joined the company...

Hank Little to Retire, Fawbush Hired

Hank Little, president of Atlanta Attachment Co., will retire Dec. 31. Trevor Fawbush has joined Atlanta Attachment as general manager as Little begins his...

Scott Miller Named Company Vice President for Capital Bedding

Verona, Mississippi-based Capital Bedding has hired industry veteran Scott Miller in the newly created position of company vice president. Miller started on the retail...

Industry Expert Takes Helm as Rize Home’s VP of National Sales

Cleveland, Ohio-based Rize Home has appointed Mike Wilson as its new vice president of national sales. With 26 years of experience in the mattress...

Mattress Firm Promotes Two Industry Veterans

Houston-based retailer Mattress Firm has named Tom Polit as vice president of merchandising strategy, and David Cartlidge as vice president of product and innovation. Polit...

Compass Sleep Products Names New Sales Manager

Compass Sleep Products has promoted John Guyton to the position of sales manager to lead the company’s sales push throughout the state of Florida and the surrounding region. “John is...

Shifman Sales Rep Celebrates 55 years With Luxe Mattress Brand

Joe Ballone offers unique perspective on more than a half-century in the bedding industry. The Shifman Mattress Co. is sharing a remarkable milestone with its sales...