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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ARCHDALE, N.C. — Tempur-Pedic's acquisition of Sealy will provide new opportunities for many employees of those two companies, their leaders say. They minimized talk of possible layoffs. "There will be opportunities for many ...
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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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Bob Sherman HIGH POINT — Serta President and CEO Bob Sherman will be honored with the International Home Furnishings Representatives Assn.'s Pillar of the Industry Award in a presentation at next month's High Point Market. IHFRA ...
Most mattress retail sales associates have at least an hour of down time in a typical work day, a survey of RSAs done for Leggett & Platt reveals. And one-third of those RSAs have more than three hours of down time a day. Mark Quinn, ...
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Furniture Today's On the Water report in the fourth quarter, continues to offer a look at furniture import activity based on twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) container traffic, arriving at U.S. ports, from key Asian countries. In October the ...
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In our exclusive 93-page report Consumer Buying Trends, Furniture Today presents the most detailed information available on consumer furniture shopping and buying plans, including specific data for 22 home furnishings products--bedding, ...
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The mattress industry will record a 4% gain in unit shipments this year, while the wholesale value of those shipments will jump by 6.8%. Those are the predictions of Furniture/Today's Consensus Bedding Forecast, which reflects the views ...
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LAS VEGAS - Nationwide Marketing Group's PrimeTime Show, held here this week at The Venetian Resort was the buying group's largest yet, drawing a record-breaking 5,000 dealers and vendors. The show floor in the attached Sands Expo and ...
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Furniture/Today invites companies introducing new furniture, rugs and bedding products at the spring High Point Market to submit information and photos for editorial coverage of the market. The deadline for submissions is March 22. The ...
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Louie Blumkin was a retail visionary with a brilliant mind for names and numbers, a deeply philanthropic leader and a man who always put his family first. That's how family and friends are remembering the chairman emeritus of Nebraska ...
ATLANTA — Furniture/Today has set the date, location and theme of its upcoming third annual Logistics Conference. Themed, "In Search of a Seamless Supply Chain," the event will be held June 12 at AmericasMart, here. "Last year's ...
Three rugs were among the products chosen by Furniture/Today's editors as some of the best products introduced at the recent Las Vegas Market. Featured rugs included: • One from Foreign Accents' Festival collection, designed by ...
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While a majority of consumers currently own an innerspring sleep set, consumer satisfaction levels are much higher with specialty sleep sets. Those insights come from a Furniture/Today and Apartment Therapy Bedding Survey that offers a ...
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LAS VEGAS - Top 15 bedding producers say they will be using new products, programs and promotions to drive business this year. The producers, responding to a question posed by Furniture/Today, revealed their growth plans for 2013. They ...
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