Log In   |  Register Free Newsletter Subscription
Skip navigation
Zibb
Subscribe to Furniture Today
Resource Center graphic
RSS
Reprints/License
Print
Email

Retail bedding coverage a key part of our strategy

David Perry, Executive Editor -- Furniture Today, January 20, 2008

What do these bedding retailers have in common: 1800mattress.com, American Furniture Warehouse, America's Mattress, Mattress Expo, Mattress Firm, Mattress Giant, Mattress Works, The Original Mattress Factory, Select Comfort, Sit 'n Sleep, Sleep Tech, Verlo Mattress Factory Stores and Zia Sleep Sanctuary?

Those are some of the bedding retailers that we profiled last year. Most of those stories resulted from visits we made to the retailers, visits during which we covered a wide range of topics and learned something new about the challenges and opportunities facing mattress merchants.

And that round of retail stories represented, in our assessment, the most comprehensive offering of bedding retail profiles in any industry publication. We say that not to boast, but to provide perspective on the body of our bedding work.

Our simple message: We know retail. And we know you want to read about successful bedding retailers. So we have made a concerted effort to give you plenty of interesting bedding retail stories to read. And we always have leading bedding retailers on the agenda at our annual bedding conferences.

The bedding stool consists of three legs: Producers, suppliers and retailers. Each leg has a key role to play; the stool will collapse if any leg falters. Recognizing that fact, we cover all three legs of the stool throughout the year.

The producer leg gets plenty of attention. Bedding's top manufacturers are a dynamic bunch, generating headlines almost every week. We give you those in print and online.

The suppliers pose some challenges, we admit. Many prefer to avoid the spotlight, letting the producers they supply take center stage, but we do our best to give you key supplier news when it happens.

We give the retail leg of the stool special attention. We are now in our third year of Mattress Retailing 101, a monthly feature aimed at bedding retailers and retail sales associates. Many of the voices in that feature are those of retailers themselves. We always give you breaking retail bedding news, and, as we noted earlier, we also serve up a steady diet of retail bedding profiles.

And speaking of retail profiles, we encourage you retailers to share your story with us. We are planning a full slate of retail bedding stories for 2008. You can be part of the lineup. Just give us a call (at (336) 605-1114) or send us an e-mail at dperry@reedbusiness.com.

Contact David Perry at dperry@reedbusiness.com

RSS
Reprints/License
Print
Email
Talkback
Reed Business Information Resource Center

Featured Company


Related Resources

Advertisement

Related Microsite Content

Related Links

  • No Related Content Available

More Content
  • Blogs
  • Photos

Larry Thomas

Special Order

Larry Thomas
November 06, 2009
A surprising twist to a controversial trucking program
The long-running battle over the controversial “clean truck” program...
More

Judi Fulbright

Research Says

Judi Fulbright Research Says Profile
November 06, 2009
More on upholstery and price points
After the appearance of the Upholstery Fabric & Style Survey in the October 5...
More

VIEW ALL BLOGS RSS
GuildMaster chest

Best of Market: More market highlights

Here is a sampling of some of the stylish new products catching dealers' eyes at the October High Point Market. For more coverage, see Furniture/Today's Nov. 2 print issue. When you're done viewing the photos in this Slideshow, more images of hot introductions also are available on the Furniture/Today Web site by clicking here.

 

 

High Point Market scene, 1955

Scenes from the High Point Market's past 100 years

The High Point Market is marking its 100th anniversary this April. To help celebrate this milestone, Furniture/Today presents some pictorial highlights of the past 100 years.

High Point Market Product Submissions - click here to submit
Advertisement
2010-beddingconf-160x160
eNewsletters
Furniture Today eDaily
Furniture Today eClassifieds
Bedding Today
Furniture Today Green
Casual Living eWeekly
Home Accents Today eWeekly
Home Accents Today Product Line
Home Textiles Today Extra
Gifts & Dec Direct
Gifts & Dec Product Wire
Kids Today eWeekly
Playthings Extra



Please read our Privacy Policy

About Us   |   Advertise   |   Site Map   |   Contact Us   |   Subscription   |   Affiliate Links   |   RSS
© 2010 Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Use of this Web site is subject to its Terms of Use | Privacy Policy