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Brooklyn Bedding Launches Retail Partnership with Big Sandy Superstore

NEWS RELEASE PHOENIX, Ariz., April 8, 2026—Brooklyn Bedding, manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, and direct-to-consumer distributor of award-winning sleep products, today announced a new retail partnership with Big Sandy Superstore, a leading home goods retailer serving the Midwest. With this partnership,...




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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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Almost Half of Retailers More Optimistic About Sales Trends

Piper Sandler August survey shows double-digit dollar and unit declines, but finds positive indicators. Retail mattress sales posted double-digit dollar and unit declines in August,...

Everything Old Is New Again

Hybrids combine feature-filled foams and fabric-encased springs to give consumers the best of both worlds. They aren’t as ubiquitous as Priuses in some parking lots,...

Results of ISPA September Optimism Index Are Positive

The results of the September International Sleep Products Association Bedding Industry Optimism Index show a more optimistic outlook, both in the short- and the...

One On One With Dave Perry | Latexco Talks Future

What's New in the Latex Bedding Market? Koen Gebruers, CEO of Latexco US, talks about new natural, breathable and cool-sleeping foams his company is...

Kingsdown on the Rise

The Mebane, North Carolina-based bedding producer meets the needs of a changing mattress marketplace. Kingsdown, based in the North Carolina town of Mebane (motto: Positively...

Corsicana and Englander Renew Partnership

Corsicana Mattress Co. and Englander will continue their partnership following the recently approved acquisition of Corsicana assets by Blue Torch. Dallas-based Corsicana has renewed its...

Treating Customers Like Family

https://youtu.be/0R5P4Xuk_zo How Retailer Steve Houk Treats Customers Like Family He tells his retail sales associates to treat customers like their own grandmother, finding the best...

Chattam & Wells Boutique Opens in Metro Mattress in Greenwich Market

A first-of-its-kind Chattam & Wells boutique will perch inside Metro Mattress, one of the largest sleep retailers in the country now entering the Connecticut...

Sleep Savvy Magazine | September/October Preview

Join Beth English, Dave Perry & Waynette Goodson as they give you the inside scoop on the newest issue of Sleep Savvy Magazine! Gen...

“Take 5 With Dave” – What’s Working for Restonic

BedTimes Managing Editor Waynette Goodson stands in for Dave Perry to chat with Restonic President Laurie Tokarz about her new role as the vice...

Longtime Product Manager Laura Allred Retires from AEC

AEC Narrow Fabrics has announced that Laura Allred, product manager, will retire after seven years of dedicated service to the company. “It is with a...

UncleMuenkel Signs Strategic Partnership with BedTech

Industry veteran Bob Muenkel has selected BedTech as his new company’s preferred national partner for imported adjustable bases and mattresses. Muenkel, who was most recently...

Tokarz Speaks at High Point Market WithIt Event

Laurie Tokarz, president, Restonic Mattress Corp., will participate in a panel discussion titled “Broken Ceilings: Lessons from the Top” as part of the WithIt...

Broad River Retail Celebrates New S.C. Ashley Store

Broad River Retail, a fast-growing independently owned and operated Ashley store licensee, celebrated the opening of its newest store in Greenwood, South Carolina, with...

Mattress Store Promises Smooth Sailing for Shoppers

Annapolis, Maryland-based retailer stresses a no-pressure sales environment with an all-female sales team Located just up the road from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,...

Labor Day Weekend Sales “Better than Expected”

Piper Sandler’s preliminary retail check also finds improving sales trend in August Retail sales of furniture and mattresses were “better than expected” for the Labor...

More Than 100 Retailers Join BIA’s Harvest Green Program

Bedding Industries of America is growing its Harvest Green mattress line through an omnichannel program for retailers across the country. BIA has carved out...

All-in for Las Vegas

We’re putting all our cards on the table to bring you the best of the summer market How did the Las Vegas Market go? Well,...

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” – Borreggine Talks Mattress Replacement Cycle

Therapedic CEO Gerry Borreggine says a shorter replacement cycle benefits consumers and the industry alike and weighs in on the firmer-softer mattress divide. https://youtu.be/pJ5Rt2vyexQ Transcript Dave PerryHey,...

Mlily USA Releases Free Social Media Guide for Retailers

Mlily USA is providing retail partners a complimentary social media guide designed to help users of any experience level enhance their social media presence...

Purple Innovation Acquires Intellibed

New Purple luxury mattress line will take retail prices to more than $7,000 Purple Innovation, the maker and marketer of Gel Grid technology mattresses, announced...