• Mattress Firm opens 500th store

  By Furniture Today Staff, June 24, 2008
  HOUSTON — Mattress Firm opened its 500th store Monday in San Antonio, the 30th store for the bedding specialty retailer in that market.  More

• Tempur-Pedic survey: Americans short on sleep

  David Perry, June 23, 2008
  LEXINGTON, Ky. — Most Americans recognize the health benefits of a good night’s sleep, but many say they are sleeping well just three nights a week. That lack of good sleep causes crankiness, stress, weight gain and sluggishness — and even takes a toll on their looks, consumers say.  More

• Counting Sheep in new Serta ads

  David Perry, May 19, 2008
  HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Bedding major Serta is debuting two new television spots this Memorial Day selling season, featuring a new speaking role for Counting Sheep No. 1.  More

• Healthy Back to keep eight JoAnne’s stores open

  Clint Engel, May 16, 2008
  LORTON, Va. Healthy Back has acquired the assets of JoAnne’s Bed mp; Back out of bankruptcy and plans to keep half of the 16 stores operating.  More

• Charleston panel releases report on Sofa Super Store blaze

  By Furniture Today Staff, May 16, 2008
  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment contributed to the deaths of nine firefighters in the Sofa Super Store blaze here last year, according to a long-awaited report by a city-appointed panel of firefighting experts.  More

• Futon, specialty sleep group leases Vegas space

  David Perry, April 30, 2008
  LAS VEGAS — The Futon and Specialty Sleep Trade has signed a long-term lease for permanent space at the World Market Center here.  More

• Foamex expands offerings to bedding industry

  David Perry, April 28, 2008
  LINWOOD, Pa. – Foam major Foamex has expanded its offerings to the bedding industry, introducing a number of new green products fashioned from memory foam and latex foam.  More

• Select Comfort’s sales tumble 22.3% in first quarter

  By Furniture Today Staff, April 24, 2008
  MINNEAPOLIS – Bedding manufacturer and retailer Select Comfort reported a net loss of $7.1 million in the first quarter as sales tumbled 22.3%.  More

• Joanne’s Bed and Back files Chapter 11, agrees to sell stores

  David Perry, April 10, 2008
  BELTSVILLE, Md. JoAnne’s Bed and Back Stores said it has agreed to sell substantially all of its assets to The Healthy Back Store, subject to better offers.  More

• ISPA elects Simmons’ Eitel chairman

  By Furniture Today Staff, March 17, 2008
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. Charlie Eitel of Simmons was elected this week to a one-year term as chairman of the International Sleep Products Assn. board of trustees.  More

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