Fueled by acquisitions and new store openings, bedding retailer Mattress Firm recorded a 37% sales increase in the fourth quarter and saw sales top the $1 billion mark in the fiscal year that ended Jan. 29. The fiscal year sales of $1.007 ...
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Hickory Springs is introducing its Preserve Hi Flo foam, shown here, to the furniture and bedding industries. HICKORY, N.C. — Hickory Springs Mfg. is bringing its new bio-based reticulated foam product - Preserve Hi Flo foam - to ...
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Triple bunk beds are nice bedroom necessities, particularly for children. The triple bunk beds are sturdy and strong. All children must be feeling the joy of sleeping on his or her bunk bed. The following are some simple but effective ...
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The bedding industry took a dismal turn in February, with units declining 7.4% and the dollar value of wholesale shipments dropping 6.7%. For the first two months of the year, units are down 3.9% while dollars are down 3.2%, according to ...
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Question: Is it Time to Ditch the Old Sofa Bed?My sofa bed is old now, and I'm told the mechanism is too. I have once replaced the mattress, but still it is not comfortable. It could be the mattress frame is not made like they are today? ...
Tom Cass has rejoined Southeastern bedding retailer Innovative Mattress Solutions as executive vice president of sales and operations. Cass, who formerly worked at Verlo Mattress, rejoins growing IMS, which operates almost 150 Sleep ...
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Following the successful launch of its new Flare mattress design at the recent Las Vegas Market, Comfort Solutions has released an educational video on the patent-pending design targeted to bedding retailers. The Flare design features a ...
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In what was probably its final quarterly report as a standalone furniture, mattress and major appliance retailer, The Brick said sales in the fourth quarter were off slightly while profits improved slightly. Sales for the full year of ...
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Scott Bedbury HIGH POINT — Marketing guru Scott Bedbury will be the keynote speaker at Furniture/Today's upcoming Bedding Conference. Bedbury, a former top marketing executive at Nike and Starbucks, was responsible for Nike's ...
Check our video interviews from the Nationwide Primetime ShowLAS VEGAS - Bedding is playing a growing role for members of the Nationwide Marketing Group, a top executive of the group said here. Speaking during Nationwide's PrimeTime show ...
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The Better Sleep Council only asked this question of consumers who don't sleep in separate bedrooms, which is the vast majority of consumers. You will recall that in a recent Selling Sleep report, we noted that 9% of consumers responding to ...
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Bedding specialty store giant Mattress Firm will expand into Washington and onto the West Coast next month with the opening of three 5,000-square-foot stores here. In a release, the Houston-based Top 100 company ...
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Bedding veteran Ron Passaglia, president and chief marketing officer at Top 15 bedding producer Restonic, has been elected chairman of the International Sleep Products Assn. Also elected to a leadership post at ISPA was Kathryn Roedel, ...
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This is the Beautyrest Recharge Station at the new Sit 'n Sleep Store in Chino Hills, Calif.CHINO HILLS, Calif. - Mattress powerhouse Sit 'n Sleep recently opened its 29th store here and is gunning for more growth in the sprawling Southern ...
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Tempur-Pedic's Mark Sarvary, left, and Sealy's Larry Rogers sit on a Sealy Posturepedic mattress at Sealy's headquarters in Archdale, N.C. ARCHDALE, N.C. — Tempur-Pedic's acquisition of Sealy, which creates a $2.7 billion global ...
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