BY JULIE A. PALM Changing business formulas afford manufacturers of protectors and sheets growth opportunities for production, marketing and sales With new players emerging and long-time producers changing their strategies…
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Achieving Transportation Excellence
BY GARY JAMES Industry members and shipping companies share insights A growing driver shortage. Rising diesel fuel costs. New federal government requirements that limit driver flexibility and delay deliveries. Increasing…
How to Attract Top Talent? Avoid These Hiring Pitfalls
BY LIN GRENSING-POPHAL Craft a candidate experience that keeps potential employees engaged from start to finish Even in a tough economy, finding skilled workers can be difficult. In any economic…
Malouf Unveils Vertical Display Unit
Logan, Utah-based sleep accessories supplier Malouf has released a new accessories display that uses vertical space…
Masias Subsidiary Fluvitex Opens First U.S. Plant
Fluvitex, a filled-bedding producer headquartered in Valls, Spain, held the grand opening October 3 of its…
Tempur Sealy Opens 25th Tempur-Pedic Retail Store in 2018
With the launch of the latest Tempur-Pedic flagship store in Roseville, California, Tempur Sealy International Inc.…
McRoskey Sells to Pleasant Mattress
Story updated 11/9/18 San Francisco’s venerable McRoskey Mattress Co. has been sold to Pleasant Mattress, marking…
Looking on the ‘Light’ Side of Bedding News at High Point Market
Long Talks and Line Extensions
Latest Malouf Anti-Trafficking Event Will Help Industry Recognize Signs
Signs of spring in High Point
Making a bed was never this easy
Latex foam gets new bounce in beds
There’s nothing frothy about PU foams
Today’s springs support and comfort sleepers on all points of the mattress
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Dips in June
Manufacturers Pumped About the Future
The digital natives are here
Skills needed by 2030
Culp Inc. Announces Changes in Executive Management Structure
American Mattress Manufacturers File Antidumping Duty Petition Against Unfairly Traded Mattresses from China
Malouf and Supima partner for runway getaway contest
Hickory Springs inks distribution agreements with Ergomotion and Lien A, expands offerings for e-commerce
Industry Sales Veteran Boyd Dies
Retired textile sales executive Gary Douglas Boyd died Oct. 15. He was 72 and a resident of Greenville, Texas. Boyd spent more than 40…
The Bed Store Names Chief Operating Officer
The Bed Store, a seven-store sleep shop chain in eastern Tennessee, has hired David Kent as its first chief operating officer. With extensive management…
Purple Mattress Brand Appoints E-commerce Veteran
Purple Innovation Inc., maker and marketer of the Purple mattress and bedding brand and owner of the bed’s patented Hyper-Elastic Polymer technology, has hired…
Wright Global Graphics Gets Creative
Family-run business Wright Global Graphics thrives on “thinking up fresh ways to do things” BY GARY JAMES When Wright of Thomasville opened its doors for business in 1961,…
A Fashion Flair for Bedding
Blue Bell Mattress Welcomes Big Changes
Harrison Spinks wants to revolutionize bedding
Looking on the ‘Light’ Side of Bedding News at High Point Market
BY BARBARA T. NELLES The BedTimes editorial team went in search of bedding news…
A Love Letter for Sleep
Dear short sleepers, So many of you are in the news these days. And I’m…
The Open Road
BY BETH ENGLISH “I think I might have heard the highway call” — James Taylor,…