Bedding Retailers

• Spring Air entering India bedding market
  TAMPA, Fla. Spring Air says it is entering the India bedding market through a licensee and expects to have three plants there producing 500 pieces a day, with 30 branded Spring Air stores in the country by 2010. more >>
  Jun 20 2008 07:20 AM
  
• Many people sleep at work, says 1800mattress.com
  NEW YORK ¯ If the guy working next to you is a little quiet, there may be a reason 38% of employees say they have fallen asleep on the job, according to a survey done by multi-channel retailer 1800mattress.com. more >>
  Jun 19 2008 07:35 AM
  
• Simmons recalling 20,000 crib mattresses
  ATLANTA Simmons is voluntarily recalling about 20,000 crib mattresses, some of which are too small and can create a gap that babies can get stuck in. more >>
  Jun 06 2008 07:18 AM
  
• Sealy expands latex offerings with new line
  ARCHDALE, N.C. Sealy is expanding its commitment to latex bedding with a new Posturepedic line that will be retailing exclusively at Macy’s for the next several months. more >>
  Jun 03 2008 07:35 AM
  
• Midtown Furniture named ‘world’s largest Lane gallery’
  MADISON, N.C. Midtown Furniture Superstore and Mattress Center here has been dubbed the world’s largest Lane furniture gallery, by the supplier, the retailer said. more >>
  May 21 2008 07:11 AM
  
• Counting Sheep in new Serta ads
  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Bedding major Serta is debuting two new television spots this Memorial Day selling season, featuring a new speaking role for Counting Sheep No. 1. more >>
  May 19 2008 07:41 AM
  
• Firm creates "online sales sanctuary" for bedding
  LONDON, Ontario The mattress industry now has its first online sales sanctuary, according to the Web site’s creator. more >>
  May 19 2008 07:35 AM
  
• Charleston panel releases report on Sofa Super Store blaze
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment contributed to the deaths of nine firefighters in the Sofa Super Store blaze here last year, according to a long-awaited report by a city-appointed panel of firefighting experts. more >>
  May 16 2008 07:47 AM
  
• Mattress Retailing 101 -- Veteran salesman finds success with his ears
  Patrick Schweitzer, the manager of the newest 1800mattress.com store in New York, is a veteran mattress salesman who finds success with his ears. The biggest key to mattress sales is listening to the customer, he said. The more you know how they feel, the better you can help them. I am a good listener. more >>
  May 05 2008 12:00 AM
  
• Bedsprings prices rising sharply
  HIGH POINT Bedding producers, struggling to break out of an industrywide sales slump, have gotten some unwelcome news from their spring suppliers: Prices are going up dramatically. more >>
  May 01 2008 02:48 PM
  
• Foamex expands offerings to bedding industry
  LINWOOD, Pa. – Foam major Foamex has expanded its offerings to the bedding industry, introducing a number of new green products fashioned from memory foam and latex foam. more >>
  Apr 28 2008 07:37 AM
  
• Select Comfort’s sales tumble 22.3% in first quarter
  MINNEAPOLIS – Bedding manufacturer and retailer Select Comfort reported a net loss of $7.1 million in the first quarter as sales tumbled 22.3%. more >>
  Apr 24 2008 07:11 AM
  
• Specialty Sleep Assn. takes permanent Las Vegas space
  LAS VEGAS — The Specialty Sleep Assn. will open a permanent 15,000-square-foot showroom in World Market Center’s Building C this summer, the association announced. The SSA had been exhibiting in temporary space at the Las Vegas Market. more >>
  Apr 17 2008 09:37 AM
  
• Furniture/Today to salute Retail Giants of Bedding
  HIGH POINT — Two furniture stores, a bedding specialty retailer and a factory-direct operator have been named Retail Giants of Bedding by Furniture/Today and will be honored at the newspaper’s Bedding Conference next month. more >>
  Apr 16 2008 07:26 AM
  
• Canadian manufacturer moving to North Carolina
  GRAHAM, N.C. A Canadian company is moving its operations to North Carolina because of the Canadian currency’s rising exchange rate against the U.S. dollar, the Burlington, N.C., Times-News reported on its Web site, www.thetimesnews.com. more >>
  Apr 15 2008 08:27 AM
  
• Joanne’s Bed and Back files Chapter 11, agrees to sell stores
  BELTSVILLE, Md. JoAnne’s Bed and Back Stores said it has agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to The Healthy Back Store, subject to better offers. more >>
  Apr 10 2008 07:50 AM
  
• America's Mattress unveils new store concept
  Schaumburg, Ill. — The America's Mattress program unveiled its new "customer experience" store here, a 3,000-square-foot sleep shop with all the comforts of home. Designed to appeal to all five senses, the concept store aims to stir an emotional response in consumers who visit it. Design touches range from an artificial fireplace to home-like vignettes to help consumers relax and experienc... more >>
  Apr 07 2008 12:00 AM
  
• Serta offers tools to help retailers grow
  Schaumburg, Ill. — Serta officials and members of their America's Mattress team rolled out a series of presentations at a retailer meeting here, outlining the support they offer to their dealers in the Serta-exclusive sleep shop network. Officials said they have the right national advertising, retail advertising, store displays, products, sales education and service the key element... more >>
  Apr 07 2008 12:00 AM
  
• ISPA proposes ad campaign
  Baltimore — The International Sleep Products Assn. is considering a multimillion-dollar national marketing campaign designed to boost awareness of mattresses and increase mattress sales. Meeting at the ISPA Expo here, industry leaders unveiled an outline of the ambitious program, similar in concept to the highly visible "Got Milk" campaign launched by the dairy industry several years ago. more >>
  Mar 24 2008 12:00 AM
  
• ISPA elects Simmons’ Eitel chairman
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. Charlie Eitel of Simmons was elected this week to a one-year term as chairman of the International Sleep Products Assn. board of trustees. more >>
  Mar 17 2008 05:07 AM