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AARP Survey Finds Comfort Comes First for 50-Plus Mattress Buyers

A newly published AARP survey finds comfort and firmness among the leading priorities for mattress buyers ages 50 and older, while uncertainty and too many choices complicate the shopping process.




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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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Market Videos

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...
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Company

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?...
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Company

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...
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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...
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Consumer Corner

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...
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Inside Track

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...
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Forecasts

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...
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Company

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...
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Market Videos

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...
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Take 5

“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...
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Preview & Wraps

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...
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Company

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...
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Preview & Wraps

High Point Market Fall ’22 Review: Day 1

Dave Perry and Waynette Goodson report on all the fun events and new products they’ve seen during their first two days at market, from...
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Company

Kingsdown Partners With StyleRow – Launches on Trade Only Platform to Support Interior Designers

HIGH POINT NEWS RELEASE MEBANE, N.C. – Luxury bedding manufacturer, Kingsdown, Inc. has partnered with StyleRow, the first nationally recognized and distributed bedding brand available...
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Preview & Wraps

High Point Market Fall 2022 Preview

Dave Perry and Waynette Goodson check in with Bill Hammer of Shifman Mattress to see what’s new with his company, and to share their...
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Company

Paramount Sleep Company® Will Present New Paramount Legacy Line at Fall High Point Market

Paramount Pairings event will showcase the company’s mattress lines along with wine andcheese representative of each collection’s origins. HIGH POINT MARKET NEWS RELEASE NORFOLK, Va., Oct....
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Wake-Up Call

The Next Generation

What do Generation Z and sustainability have in common? Quite a lot. When I first started working with the International Sleep Products Association in 2014,...
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Company

Magniflex Will Introduce 3 New Models of Dolce Vita Collection at Fall High Point Market

HIGH POINT MARKET NEWS RELEASE PRATO, Italy – Leading Italian bedding manufacturer, Magniflex, updated the design and feel of its Dolce Vita collection of mattresses...
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Malouf™ to Release Shoulder Zoned Gel ActiveDough™ Pillow at High Point Market

HIGH POINT MARKET NEWS RELEASE LOGAN, Utah—Malouf™ is launching a Shoulder Zoned Gel ActiveDough™ Pillow at High Point Market. This pillow is the most recent...
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Inside The Mind

“Inside the Mind of Today’s Mattress Shopper” | MLILY and the International Chiropractors Association

Sleep Savvy Magazine Managing Editor, Waynette Goodson talks with Glenn Kobylarczyk, Executive Vice President of MLily, and Dr. Joe Betz of the International Chiropractors...
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Inside Track

How a Great Store Environment Grows Sales

Retailer and sales veteran Tony Coccia of My Bedtime describes how elevating the overall store environment visually make customers more comfortable and increase sales...
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