Bedding Columns

• Market provides opportunity to get fresh ideas, tweak lines

  David Perry, July 30, 2008
  So here we are, in the middle of a year of breathtakingly lousy business, at another market. Thank goodness for that.  More

• Retailers aren't connecting with consumers, studies show

  David Perry, Executive editor, July 14, 2008
  Bedding consumers and bedding retailers sometimes look at mattress shopping in very different ways. And since it is the consumers we are serving, their views must drive the shopping experience. Two Furniture/Today research projects illuminate some startling “disconnects” between how consumers and retailers view key bedding issues.  More

• News wires crackle, ending McIlquham Era at Sealy

  By Furniture Today Staff, March 27, 2008
  The calls to my cell phone and my business phone started coming in mid-afternoon on a sunny day in Baltimore, where much of the bedding world was gathered for the International Sleep Products Assn. Expo.  More

• Perry lies down on job

  David Perry, February 4, 2008
  LAS VEGAS — My assignment: Sleep on the job.  More

• ISPA's brainstorm: Vegas nap time for journalists

  David Perry, Executive Editor, November 15, 2007
  Wisely recognizing that journalists will jump at the chance to sleep on the job, the International Sleep Products Assn. will operate a "Media Recharging Center" at the January Las Vegas Market. The center will allow journalists to book a nap on their choice of sleep surface and be briefed by experts on sleep and performance.  More

• New bed or sleeping pill? Doctors need education

  David Perry, Executive Editor, September 13, 2007
  While the sleep products industry struggled last year, the sleeping pill industry had a boom year. Sadly, those two trends are related, I think. Our industry saw its unit volume decline by 1.4% in 2006, according to the annual report recently issued by the International Sleep Products Assn. Price increases and a push to sell better bedding helped us boost the dollar value of bedding shipments b...  More

• Madame Gayle’s cards a good deal for bedding

  David Perry, August 22, 2007
  An improving forecast for the bedding industry is in the cards. Tarot cards, that is. I know you die-hard realists out there may not put any stock in such things, but don’t be too quick to dismiss the possibility the cards might offer us some valuable information.   More

• Drop in specialty units puzzling find in my book

  David Perry, August 5, 2007
  A few weeks ago I asked Charlie Eitel, chairman and CEO of Simmons, what he thought of an association report stating the specialty sleep category suffered a slight unit decline last year. He expressed confidence in association statistics, but admitted: "I have a hard time understanding that (reported decline)."   More

• Vegas seminar: What consumers, retailers want

  David Perry, July 23, 2007
  Here’s a quick quiz to test your bedding knowledge. True or false? Last year, only 8% of consumers who purchased a bed bought two or more beds.  More

• Three big bedding stories close first half with a bang

  David Perry, July 11, 2007
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