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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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GHETTI Pillow

NEWS RELEASE | VEGAS 2023 Blu Sleep announced it is expanding its pillow offerings with the introduction of the Ghetti Pillow at the Winter Las...

Kingsdown Expands Zedbed Line With Hybrid Models

Mebane, North Carolina-based Kingsdown Inc. is growing its Zedbed collection to include hybrid mattresses, expanding the specialty foam line across Canada and the United...

Mlily USA Kicks Off Holiday Giving on CBS Talk Show

The holiday spirit is in high gear at Mlily USA, as the bedding manufacturer recently gave away mattresses to viewers of the CBS morning...

BIA Adds Cooling Mattresses to Eclipse International Series

Bedding Industries of America is introducing three new cooling mattresses to its Eclipse International series: the Glacier Washington, Glacier McKinley and Glacier Everest. The new...

Addressing the Consumer

https://youtu.be/6Xyqhj-OQeI How to Address the Shopper: Don’t hover or stand over her. That’s intimidating. Sit down across from her to be at her eye level. Be ready to...

Tuft & Needle Adds Store in North Carolina

Tuft & Needle recently opened a new retail location in Durham, North Carolina. The 2,800-square-foot store is one of eight stores across the United...

Malouf Sends Holiday Greetings to Retail Partners

Logan, Utah-based Malouf Home is sending season’s greetings with their annual holiday video. This year’s theme is their own rendition of the Christmas carol,...

Birch by Helix Launches Birch Kids Natural Mattress

Birch, Helix Sleep’s all-natural and sustainable sleep brand, recently launched the Birch Kids Natural Mattress, a GOTS certified-organic, non-toxic mattress crafted for children. Designed to...

Diamond Mattress Integrates Fiberglass-Free FR Solution

Diamond Mattress is now using fiberglass-free flame retardant (FR) in its mattress manufacturing as a healthier and safer solution for consumers, according to a...

Shifman Gives Year-End Donation to Bridges Outreach

Shifman Mattresses made a significant year-end donation to its charitable partner Bridges Outreach and looks forward to increasing its support in the coming year. Bridges...

E.S. Kluft & Company Opens New Factory in Texas

E.S. Kluft & Company has unveiled a new factory in Grand Prairie, Texas — it’s third factory in the United States. Located in the...

Mattress Sales Remain ‘Challenged’ in November

Retailers report slight sales uptick for Black Friday holiday weekend. Black Friday weekend sales were up slightly, but that was one of the few highlights...

“Take 5 with Dave” – Stuart Carlitz Sees $1,000-Plus Bedding Opportunities

The chief executive officer of Bedding Industries of America says higher-end consumers are still buying, notes the growing importance of higher retail prices, and...

Kingsdown Expands License Agreement with Euro Colchões

Mebane, North Carolina-based Kingsdown Inc. has extended its license agreement with Euro Colchões, a bedding manufacturer in Brazil, for another decade. “This has been a...

A Moment of Thanks

Who do you appreciate? Let me tell you about a few people who make my life better. The holiday season is upon us, with its...

PRESTIGE SUPPORT [+] PILLOW COLLECTION

NEWS RELEASE | VEGAS 2023 Blu Sleep announced its expansion of the Prestige Support collection with the addition of new sizes for the Coconut...

Purecare and Suncliff Launch CBD Pillows

Phoenix-based sleep accessories supplier Purecare and CBD supplier Suncliff are collaborating on a new CBD pillow collection. Purecare selected five of its best-selling pillows for the new collection...

Malouf™ Expanding Las Vegas Showroom to Highlight Product Growth

NEWS RELEASE | VEGAS 2023 LOGAN, Utah—Malouf Home™ is adding nearly 6,000 square feet to their Las Vegas showroom at World Market Center. The expansion...

A BIG Merchandising Mistake & How to Avoid It

https://youtu.be/vjc9aJLzH4E Merchandising Three Dangers of Item Merchandising: It disrupts the flow of your lines. It hurts your ability to sell higher-end beds. It can cost you a sale. Tips...

Six Lessons From the Road

Merchants found success with passion, teamwork, no-pressure selling. We started the year in Hartford, Connecticut, which just happens to be where I started my life...

Survey: Mattress Sales Disappointing for Black Friday Weekend

Manufacturers’ mattress promotions for the Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend were elevated, but mattress sales were mixed. That was the reading from Piper Sandler’s preliminary holiday weekend...