• Mattress Metrics: Elements of good sleep

  Furniture Today Staff, September 29, 2011
  The National Sleep Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based group dedicated to improving sleep health, has conducted many polls over the years. One of that group's latest efforts, a Bedroom Poll, yielded some interesting results for retailers.  More

• ‘Lowest Price' Ranks Far Down on List

  Furniture Today Staff, August 16, 2011
  In our previous Mattress Metrics feature we talked about the all-important list of top features that consumers are looking for in picking one mattress over another. We said those features - a bed that provides the best night of sleep, is comfortable, durable and supportive - point the way for the attributes that bedding retail sales associates should stress in their presentations on the sales floor.  More

• Exclusive research -- Year of ups and downs in bedding

  By David Perry, July 11, 2008
  HIGH POINT — It was a year of contrasts for major bedding producers. Four Top 15 producers managed to generate double-digit sales gains, while three had double-digit sales declines. Overall, slightly more than half of the Top 15 saw their sales slip last year, according to Furniture/Today's latest bedding market share report.  More

• Get exclusive research reports from Furniture|Today

  By Furniture Today Staff, June 4, 2008
  Furniture|Today's online Research Store features reports, surveys and whitepapers compiled exclusively for the furniture and home furnishings industries. We have recently added four new reports that you might be interested in--Top 100 Furniture Stores, Top 25 Furniture Sources for U.S. Market, Retail Bedding Spotlight and Retail Giants of Bedding.  More

• Bedding Yearbook -- 2007

  By Furniture Today Staff, March 27, 2008
  This special 22-page report takes a comprehensive look at bedding suppliers, producers, retailers and consumers. In this fifth edition of our annual bedding review, you will get a handy overview of several of the key issues shaping our industry. The concept here is to put critical bedding information in a freestanding issue that will be a handy reference source throughout the year.  More

• Top 15 Bedding Producers -- Sealy, Simmons, Serta lead pack

  By David Perry, July 23, 2007
  High Point — HIGH POINT -- Bedding's Elite Three Sealy, Simmons and Serta remain the same in Furniture/Today's latest bedding market share rankings, but a growing specialty sleep player has cracked the Top Five.  More

• Vegas seminar: What consumers, retailers want

  David Perry, July 23, 2007
  Here’s a quick quiz to test your bedding knowledge. True or false? Last year, only 8% of consumers who purchased a bed bought two or more beds.  More

• 10 bedding specialists deliver growth sermon

  David Perry, June 26, 2007
  We can’t let another week go by without saluting some exceptional bedding retailers who blew the competition away last year. Yes, we are talking about the 10 bedding specialty stores that loomed large on our latest list of the Top 100 U.S. Furniture Stores.  More

• Simmons, Tempur, Select set fast ’06 growth pace

  David Perry, June 19, 2007
  Our latest bedding producer rankings, which you’ll find in our latest print issue and soon in our online store, illustrate yet again the rapidly changing nature of our industry. There are some familiar shining stars but, overall, many of the industry’s best-known players experienced a tough year in 2006.  More

• Exclusive Research: Bedding specialty stores stars of Top 100

  By Furniture Today Staff, June 1, 2007
  HIGH POINT The 10 bedding specialty stores were the shining stars of this year’s Top 100 with a combined sales gain and store growth that markedly outpaced every other subcategory of this year’s list.  More

• Retail Giants of Bedding: Mattress Firm expands steadily

  David Perry, April 26, 2007
  HOUSTON Mattress Firm methodically is following a carefully considered growth plan devised by its savvy senior management team.  More

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