News

MOST RECENT

For Value-Focused Shoppers, Small Sleep Add-Ons Can Drive Bigger Sales

Mattress pads and protectors can solve real sleep concerns while creating natural add-on opportunities.




POPULAR

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...

MORE STORIES

Make Returns Easy: Elevate Customer Experience

Online retailers have accustomed shoppers to long exchange windows. Here’s how brick-and mortar retailers are responding. Consumers have long driven the U.S. economy: Americans like...

Ashley Furniture Expands Merchandising Mix with Nectar Collection

Arcadia, Wisconsin-based mattress retailer Ashley is expanding its lineup of mattress brands to include the new Nectar collection. In-store, Ashley will have three of...

Bedding Industries of America Enhances Eastman House Heritage Collection

North Brunswick, New Jersey-based mattress manufacturer and licensing group Bedding Industries of America has enhanced its Eastman House Heritage collection with a new organic...

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...

Bedding Industry’s Summer Market: A Mixed Bag

Traffic at the past few markets has been fickle — much like the bedding industry. If Las Vegas Markets are a temperature check for the...

U.S. News & World Report Reveals What’s Keeping Americans Up at Night

New York-based U.S. News & World Report recently revealed the findings of its 2024 sleep survey, which polled 1,200 American adults on their sleep...

MRC Expanding to Oregon in 2025

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has authorized the Mattress Recycling Council to establish and administer a statewide mattress recycling program in the state. Oregon...

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...

Veteran Retailers and a Rising Star Honored in Shifman’s 2023 Awards 

Luxury mattress maker recognizes commitment and growth in top retail partners. NEWS RELEASE NEWARK, N.J. (September 18, 2024) –  Shifman Mattresses, renowned for its handcrafted, luxury...

King Koil Sees Rise in Private Label Business as Retailers Build Out Luxury Offerings 

Mattress manufacturer and licensing group King Koil Mattress Co. increased its private label business over the past several months as retailers seek to build...

Innovative Technology May Transform Recycled Mattress Foam into Sneaker Soles

In research sponsored by the Mattress Recycling Council, Edge Global Innovation has developed a process to transform polyurethane mattress foam into polymer pellets that can be used...

Bay Street Mfg. Acquires CKI Solutions

Bay Street Manufacturing, the Canadian top-of-bed manufacturer behind the HealthGuard brand of residential and commercial bedding products, announced its acquisition of West Palm Beach,...

Mattress Mike: 30 Years of Unmatched Quality & Trust

Thanks to quality merchandise and excellent customer service, Furniture Gallery by Mattress Mike is celebrating its 30th year in business. Say the name “Mattress Mike”...

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...

Lien’ A: Discover the Ultimate in Sustainable Luxury – “Take 5”

Discover Lien' A's all-natural, GOLS-certified latex mattresses and pillows. Learn about their innovative technology that ensures consistent quality and their commitment to sustainability. From...

CNBC/NRF Reports Retail Sales Grew in August

The National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade association, revealed in the latest edition of its Retail Monitor that retail sales “increased again...

Relief Bed Provides Gift of Sleep

Tacoma, Washington-based Relief Bed International has partnered with Orphans Africa (OA), an organization dedicated to educating orphans in Africa.  According to a news release, Orphans...

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...

Precision Textiles Marks Sustainability Milestone

Precision Textiles will celebrate a sustainability milestone at the International Sleep Products Association Sustainability Conference later this month — it saved 13 million plastic...

Mark Quinn Joins Shifman Mattress Co.

Editorial Director Beth English talks with industry veteran Mark Quinn about his new role as senior vice president of sales and marketing at Shifman...

One Brand, Three Ways: How Therapedic International Markets Its Products Around the World

Mattress and sleep products manufacturer Therapedic International has been in business since 1957, beginning as a factory producing mattresses and foundations. Now, the company...