Sunday, November 30, 2025
Delphia Porter

A Conversation With ISPA Office Manager Delphia Porter

Delphia Porter — or Del as she’s called around the headquarters of the International Sleep Products Association — is the nonprofit’s office manager. Porter,...
Helix Sleep Launches Retail Program with Nebraska Furniture Mart

Helix Sleep Launches Retail Program with Nebraska Furniture Mart

Phoenix-based direct-to-consumer sleep mattress brand Helix Sleep has launched a retail program with Nebraska Furniture Mart, one of the nation’s largest home furnishings retailers....
Spring Air Focuses On New Products, 100th Anniversary at 5th Annual Licensee Summit 

Spring Air Focuses On New Products, 100th Anniversary at 5th Annual...

Woburn, Massachusetts-based bedding manufacturer and licensing group Spring Air International convened its fifth annual North American licensee summit in Boston to preview new products,...
(From left) Future Foam vice president Rob Heller and outgoing PFA President Philippe Knaub were honored with the PFA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  

Polyurethane Foam Association Holds Annual Meeting in Austin 

Members and guests of the Polyurethane Foam Association gathered Nov. 4-6 in Austin for the association’s annual fall meeting to discuss the current business...
Javier Sanchez, president and CEO of Jonathan Louis

Industry Group and City of Hope Announce Honoree of 2026 West...

LOS ANGELES (November 14, 2025) — The International Home Furnishings Industry (IHFI)group of City of Hope has announced that Javier Sanchez, president and CEO...
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ISPA Strengthens Industry Support With New Membership Model And Renewed Focus...

Alexandria, VA —The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) announces a new, more future focused membership model that reflects how the industry operates today and...
Bedding Market Quarterly Reports Q3 Improvement

Bedding Market Quarterly Reports Q3 Improvement

The third quarter edition of the Bedding Market Quarterly reflects continued stabilization in the U.S. bedding market, with signs of strengthening dollar performance despite...
Bedgear Opens New Global Flagship Store in Sydney 

Bedgear Opens New Global Flagship Store in Sydney 

Farmingdale, New York-based mattress and sleep accessories supplier Bedgear has opened its second global flagship store at Westfield Miranda, Sydney as the brand continues its...

Licensing: How Bedding’s Venerable Business Model Is Adapting to New Realities

Estimated reading time: 12 minutes Some of the biggest, most venerable brands in bedding were built through licensing arrangements, in which a brand contracts with...
Research Backs Symphony Sleep’s POS Video Initiative

Research Backs Symphony Sleep’s POS Video Initiative

St. Peters, Missouri-based Innovative Sleep Technologies and its Symphony Sleep brand are validating their point-of-sale video retail strategy with consumer research showing that in-store...
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South Bay International Acquires Key Assets of Corsicana Mattress Co.

Mattress manufacturer South Bay International Inc. has acquired select operating assets of Irving, Texas-based Corsicana Mattress Co. from its current ownership group. Company officials...
Industry In Motion: The Need For Change

Industry In Motion: The Need For Change

Today I have decamped to my local library for some peace while I work. It’s one of my favorite places. I’m seated at a...
Jones’ new senior director of sales, Eric Delaby, is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience.

Jones Family of Companies Names Eric Delaby Senior Director of Sales

Humboldt, Tennessee-based fiber materials supplier Jones Family of Companies has hired Eric Delaby as senior director of sales. He has more than 20 years...
Relief Bed International Founder Scott Smalling and World Vision Site Manager Roberta Taylor.  

Relief Bed International Delivers Donated Beds to Multiple Relief Efforts

Tacoma, Washington-based Relief Bed International has delivered donated relief beds to multiple relief efforts this fall, including a Tacoma rescue mission, Jamaican hurricane relief,...
Americanstar Mattress Expands Partnership With Bel Furniture

Americanstar Mattress Expands Partnership With Bel Furniture

Houston-based sleep company Americanstar Mattress has expanded its partnership with Bel Furniture, one of the largest family-owned home furnishings retailers in Texas. The expansion...
Neal A. Schwarzberger, president of ABM International Inc., left, and Paul Block, president of sales for Gribetz, are enthusiastic about Gribetz’s future.

Gribetz Unveils Innovative Mattress Solutions Under ABM

If you’ve been involved in mattress manufacturing for any time at all, you know the name Gribetz, a 70-year-old brand of quilting machines and...
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Simba Expands Bensons for Beds Partnership

London-based sleep technology brand Simba has expanded its partnership with Bensons for Beds, one of the United Kingdom’s largest bed retailers, to 50 locations across the...
Vispring Opens New San Diego and Denver Showrooms

Vispring Opens New San Diego and Denver Showrooms

Vispring, a premium bed and mattress maker based in Plymouth, England, continues to grow its North American presence with two new showroom openings — one in La...

Nightcap Q&A With Mike Tilki

Mike Tilki is executive vice president of sales East for Talalay Global, headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut. When he’s not busy in the bedding industry,...
Bedgear Launches Beauty Collection

Bedgear Launches Beauty Collection

Farmingdale, New York-based mattress and sleep accessories supplier Bedgear has launched the Bedgear Beauty collection — a first-of-its-kind lineup designed to redefine beauty sleep while protecting, preserving and supporting skin and hair overnight. “Beauty sleep isn’t just a saying — it’s...
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Somnigroup Reports Strong Q3 Results

Boosted by its recent acquisition of Mattress Firm, Somnigroup reported record sales, profits and operating cash flow in the third quarter.  The company said sales increased 63.3% to $2.12 billion — an...
Harrison Spinks Launches in Indonesia

Harrison Spinks Launches in Indonesia

Leeds, England-based mattress and bed manufacturer Harrison Spinks debuted its British Luxury collection at Duta Abadi Primantara, one of Indonesia’s leading retailers. Following the signing of a distribution and license agreement, the handcrafted line will initially be...
ABM International Acquires Atlantic Automation Co.

ABM International Acquires Atlantic Automation Co.

ABM International Inc., a fourth-generation, family-owned industrial machine manufacturer headquartered in Montgomery, Texas, has acquired Atlantic Automation Co., a global supplier of automated and...
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Sleep Number Sales Fall in Third Quarter

Sleep Number endured a difficult third quarter as sales tumbled 19.6% and its net loss widened to $39.8 million, but President and CEO Linda Findley said...
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Purple Breaks Even, Cuts Net Loss in Q3

Specialty mattress producer Purple Innovation said third quarter revenues were essentially even with last year’s third quarter, but the company slashed its net loss by more...
Driving The Emerging Circular Economy In The Sleep Products Industry

Driving The Emerging Circular Economy In The Sleep Products Industry

If you want to compare the International Sleep Products Association Sustainability Conference with a football game, it’s safe to say its goal is to...

Ryan Trainer Appointed to Restonic Board of Directors

Ryan Trainer, recently retired president of the International Sleep Products Association, has been appointed to the Restonic Corp.’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Trainer will advise on strategy, industry partnerships and corporate governance as Restonic continues...
Mlily USA Relaunches Mlily U

Mlily USA Relaunches Mlily U

Knoxville, Tennessee-based mattress manufacturer Mlily USA is relaunching Mlily U, its retailer portal that gives partners constant access to resources designed to promote, educate and grow their businesses. The upgraded platform features...
Brad Beauchamp, president and CEO of Carpenter Co., second from left, receives an award on behalf of Stanley F. Pauley, who was inducted into the American Home Furnishings Hall of Fame Oct. 26.

Former Carpenter CEO Stan Pauley Inducted Into Hall of Fame

Stanley F. Pauley, former CEO and chair of Richmond, Virginia-based Carpenter Co., was posthumously inducted into the American Home Furnishing Hall of Fame on...
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Leggett & Platt Doubles Net Income Despite Q3 Sales Drop

Leggett & Platt said third-quarter sales fell 6% to $1.04  billion, but the company’s net income was more than double last year’s third quarter...

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