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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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Bedding Industries of America’s California Plant Services More Than 100 Regional Dealers

One year after the opening of BIA West in Rialto, California, Bedding Industries of America is now servicing more than 100 new dealers and...
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“Take 5 With Dave” – King Koil Slips Into a New Denim Line

David Binke discusses King Koil’s sustainable Re-Spun mattress collection made from re-spun recycled denim. https://youtu.be/nav9X_ZWy9U Transcript Waynette GoodsonIt's Waynette Goodson. I am your managing editor of BedTimes...
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Malouf Adds New Video Assets to Wholesale Resource Center

Logan, Utah-based Malouf Home has added new video assets to its Wholesale Resource Center, a central hub for product information, orders and payments, and...
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Pleasant Mattress Creates Collection for The Sleep Shop

Pleasant Mattress, an independent mattress manufacturer, is crafting private label mattress collections for independent retailers seeking competitive differentiation in their markets. As a licensee for...
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Spring Air Redesigns Adjustable Bases to Resemble Furniture

Spring Air International is complementing its high-end Chattam & Wells line with the introduction of two adjustable bed bases modeled after traditional bedroom furniture,...
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Standard Fiber and 37.5 Technology Strengthen Partnership

Standard Fiber has expanded its collaboration with 37.5 Technology, a leader in sustainable thermoregulation material science, to offer a broader scope of bedding products made with...
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Gardner-White Makes Strategic Management Changes

Gardner-White, a furniture and mattress retailer based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, has announced three new strategic management appointments as the 108-year-old family-owned and operated...
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Restonic Sleep Study to Help Retailers Refine Strategies

Two groups of women, in particular, could use retailers’ help — and a new mattress to improve their sleep. Younger and middle-aged women are suffering...
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Therapedic Honors Licensees & Retailers

The accolades for the companies in Australia and New Zealand had been put on hold because of the pandemic. Therapedic International has honored several licensees...
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Corsicana’s Sale to Blue Torch Capital Final

Corsicana Mattress Company has been acquired by Blue Torch Finance through a court-supervised auction under section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The court,...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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