Atlanta-based mattress manufacturer Pure LatexBLISS has announced top prize winners in its Learn and Earn online training program for retail sales associates. The program, which launched last August, has enabled…
Fabric supplier Culp Inc. has been named Employer of the Year by World Relief, a faith-based international relief and development organization with headquarters in Baltimore. The award was announced at…
Ray Aragon has been appointed director of compliance and field operations for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Previously, Aragon was an attorney with the law firm McKenna Long &…
The Obama administration has nominated Ann Marie Buerkle to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Buerkle is a one-term Republican member of the U.S. House…
Dale Carlsen, founder and chief executive officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based mattress retailer Sleep Train, has been awarded an honorary doctorate in the humanities from his alma mater Sacramento State University.…
The Loudon, Tenn.-based Polyurethane Foam Association inducted Charles Morgan and the late Graham Walmsley into the Flexible Polyurethane Foam Hall of Fame during its annual meeting in May. Morgan was…
Michael Shoe has joined Kingsdown Inc. as director of quality systems for the Mebane, N.C.-based mattress maker. His responsibilities include leading Kingsdown’s total quality management program, raising standards across all…
Industry supplier HSM (formerly Hickory Springs Mfg. Co.) has hired Gregg Greulich as corporate vice president of innovation and technology, a new position for the company. In the role, Greulich…
Industry supplier Latex International has rehired Jeff Gober, who will serve as director of component sales for its western division. He is a mattress industry veteran with more than 20…
Bedding protection supplier Protect-A-Bed has hired Don Wingate as a key account manager in its furniture retail division. Wingate is responsible for working with the Chicago-based company’s existing and prospective…
