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Make Dorm-Room Bedding Easier to Buy

Back-to-campus shoppers may need a complete sleep setup quickly, giving retailers a chance to simplify choices around fit, comfort, protection, and timing.




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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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Rich Man, Poor Man

Are you trying to decide if people are rich or poor? Forget about judging them by their clothes. Simply look at their face, research...
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The Buzz That Was

Looking for a refreshing way to start the new year? Clean up your vocabulary by sweeping away tired jargon and shirking the slang In today’s...
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Consumer Corner

While You Were Sleeping…

Placing a tooth under your pillow and waking up with cash in its place is a rite of passage for kids. What is the...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

Give Shoppers a Place to Rest Their Heads

An initial pillow fitting helps boost sales and aids customers in picking the right sleep ensemble Where should you begin the mattress rest-testing process with...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

Springs Primer: What Retailers Need to Know

Innersprings are being used throughout the mattress because they’re softer, smaller and more adaptable to the demands of bedding constructions At a time when sustainability...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

Foams Primer: What Retailers Need to Know

Additives, bio-based building blocks and cooling features make foams more versatile, effective bedding components Polyurethane foams and their viscoelastic and high-resilience siblings have proven their flexibility...
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Latex Primer: What Retailers Need to Know

Accessories are a great way to introduce consumers to this buoyantly supportive component As the quest for better sleep leads an increasing number of consumers...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

8 Customer Service Resolutions

To make this your best year, care for and appreciate the consumers who keep you in business If your goals for the new year include...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

What’s Next for Bedding Retailers?

Sleep Savvy outlines the top 20 retail trends to watch for in 2020 to help maintain a thriving business in the new year Hindsight, while...
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Retail Road Trip

Family, Tradition, Quality Are Seamless at BILTRITE

For nearly a century, this furniture store in a Milwaukee suburb has found success in proven sales strategies — and by bucking current mattress...
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New Decade, New Challenges

Bedding departments and sleep shops will encounter a volatile economic environment this year, with a number of factors creating uncertainty Editor’s note: The following article...
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Las Vegas Ante4Autism 2020 Poker Tournament Around the Corner

The 12th annual Ante4Autism Poker Tournament will take place at 7 p.m., Jan. 25 at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino’s Grand Event Center,...
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Consumer Corner

What’s the Word?

Instead of making resolutions, pick a word or phrase that will guide your self-improvement in the coming year If you’ve set and failed to keep...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

Tinkering With Adjustables

Power base producers are refining their products for consumers who want life-improving tech, better health and stylish-looking beds Marketing on the part of both base...
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Trends

And They’re Off: Consumers Rush Into Holiday Shopping

A record number of consumers shopped in-store and online over long Thanksgiving weekend This year’s holiday shopping season got off to a strong start with...
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Consumer Corner

You’ve Been Talking in Your Sleep

Why do we sometimes chat and walk while we’re asleep? Here’s an introduction to parasomnia and how it affects our sleep habits — and...
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Consumer Corner

The Sleep-Work Connection

New Better Sleep Council research reveals how employment can negatively affect slumber and what workers can do to avoid sleepless nights Americans aren’t sleeping enough....
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Forecasts

Great Expectations: Holiday Shopping Forecast

The International Council of Shopping Centers forecasts total holiday spending to reach $832.3 billion, with 90% of shoppers spending in physical stores The New York-based...
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Tips & Selling Strategies

How to Write a Great About Us Page For Your Website

Who Are You? Who, Who? Here's how to craft an About Us page that conveys your store’s personality  and connects with consumers If done right, your...
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New Law Expands Mattress Recycling in California

State adds futons to recycling program and will require internet retailers to pick up customers’ discarded mattresses Under new amendments to the state’s mattress...
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Adult Entertainment

Want to add a little levity to your workweek? Classic childhood games can put some pep in your step and a smile on your...
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