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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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Earthfoam Debuts With Certified Organic Sleep Essentials

A new brand of eco-friendly sleep products has entered the industry: Earthfoam, a sustainable sleep line with certified organic and fair-trade mattresses, pillows and...

Buying Into Buying Groups

With these organizations, independent retailers can access discounts and marketing tools, while networking with others across the country. The past two years have been a...

BIA Donates Beds to Children for Christmas

Bedding Industries of America is working with the University of the Cumberlands to give 24 underprivileged children in Whitley County new mattresses in time...

NRF Forecasts Healthy Holiday Sales

Spending is expected to be up between 6% and 8% in November and December. Despite consumers’ worries about inflation, holiday sales are forecast to be...

Selling Sleep Accessories With Dave Perry

Therapedic CEO Gerry Borreggine and guest Dave Perry of Sleep Savvy talk about why mattress retailers should sell sleep accessories. https://youtu.be/VElaeqQXXdU Three Reasons to Sell Sleep...

Bob’s Discount Furniture Commits to a Season of Hunger Relief

Leading national retailer gifts $169,000 and 20,000 meals to support local food pantries. NEWS RELEASE MANCHESTER, Connecticut, Oct. 27, 2022 –  Bob’s Discount Furniture, one of the...

“Take 5 With Dave” – South Bay International Expansion

Formerly the senior vice president of South Bay International, Toby Konetzny was recently promoted to chief executive officer. Here he shares how South Bay...

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question about the new Oregon mattress recycling program, take a look. The MRC explains everything you need to know. In March,...

Eric Delaby Joins Textile Business at Milliken & Co.

Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Milliken & Co. has hired Eric Delaby as a senior sales associate for the Bedding Market within the Textile Business. With more...

High Point Highlights | Fall 2022

Our Dave Perry and Waynette Goodson share more notable products they saw at the recent High Point Market – and talk about an upcoming...

Sleep Number Unveils “Wow” Shopper Experience

Store redesign connects digital, in-store worlds, focuses on sustainability. What if you could see the mattress store of the future? What would it look like?...

Spring Air Adds Old West Mattress as New Licensee

Spring Air International has signed Old West Mattress in Denver, one of the leading independent producers in the western region, as its final U.S. licensee, with the...

Brooklyn Bedding and Helix Sleep Earn GreenGuard Gold Certification

Brooklyn Bedding and Helix Sleep have received GreenGuard Gold Certifications across their mattress lineups. This certification proves that these sleep products meet some of...

Bad Work Habits, Bad Sleep

Here are three ways your job may be wrecking the quality of your rest. Some work patterns can sabotage your sleep, whether you realize it...

Opening & Closing Rules for Retail Success

What time you open and close your retail store each day is more important than you think. Gerry Borreggine tells you exactly why and...

Retail Survey Notes Improving Outlook

Retail mattress sales were down 5% in dollars and 11% in units in September, but the fourth quarter bedding outlook is improving. Piper Sandler’s September...

Malouf Foundation Launches Raise Digital Safety App for Parents

The Logan, Utah-based Malouf Foundation has released a digital safety app called Raise, created in collaboration with tech provider Impact Suite (a company Malouf...

High Point Market Fall ’22: Meet Justina Blakeney

Waynette Goodson catches up with the market’s keynote speaker, Justina Blakeney, a famed designer who recently appeared on the cover of Architectural Digest. Justina...

“Take 5 With Dave” – Reverie Reduces the Carbon Footprint

Reverie CEO Martin Rawls-Meehan shares how they’re decreasing the size of the packaging in their express program to reduce the carbon footprint while helping...

High Point Market Fall ’22 Review: Day 2

Waynette Goodson battles the Ashley intercom system and discovers a new sleep invention at Luxfort Home. Then Dave Perry dives into a new sleep...

Industry Vet Howell Joins GhostBed in Leading Sales Role

Plantation, Florida-based GhostBed has appointed former Tempur-Sealy and Lull sales leader Brandon Howell as national accounts manager. Howell joins the brand as its wholesale...