Sleep Train buys 8 Sleep City stores in NW

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, October 29, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento-based bedding retailer Sleep Train has acquired eight Sleep City stores in Washington and Idaho.
     Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
     Six of the Sleep City stores in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Spokane, Richland and Yakima, Wash., will be converted to Sleep Train's Mattress Discounters banner. Two stores in Pasco and Spokane, Wash., will become Sleep Country USA stores, another Sleep Train brand.
     The newly branded stores are expected to open on Nov. 7.
     The new stores will bring Sleep Train's store count to 273.
     "Acquiring Sleep City's Washington and Idaho locations allows us to continue to expand in growing markets where we can enhance our consumer connections and provide residents with more convenient locations for quality sleep products," said Dale Carlsen, CEO of Sleep Train. "We are pleased to welcome Sleep City's new employees to join our employee-owned team, and proud to extend the reach of our Sleep Country USA Foster Kids program in these new locations."