Pleasant Mattress rebrands McCrosky, Diamond and R.E.S.T. launch adjustable bases, and more mattress industry news.

Dos Marcos hosted what might be the world’s first webishow featuring Greg Law, owner of Sweet Dreams Mattresses and Furniture, and Dr. V, director of strategic development at Miskelly Furniture. The webinar-meets-podcast celebrated how retailers can use Podium to increase sales and gain a better idea of what consumers actually care about.

Englander is launching its Supreme collection of 14 new mattresses at the summer 2021 Las Vegas Market.

As e-commerce sales have grown more important than ever since the pandemic hit, Nationwide Marketing Group is launching a new endless aisle feature for members with e-commerce-enabled websites that allows retailers to quickly and easily add products to their online catalogs.

Millions of mattress myths are swirling around the internet and they’re impossible for retailers to police. But what happens when a shopper comes into your store asking about product quality differences, brands, and buying online beds.

To find out some of the most common (and real!) mattress myths that are being spread, we asked a few mattress retailers what they’ve heard and how this misinformation.

Partnering with SleepScore Labs, Mattress Firm found that Americans collectively lost 74 billion hours in sleep last year. And that’s why the retail giant’s new “Junk Sleep” campaign, which aired during the first night of the Olympics, calls on consumers to un-junk their sleep and improve their lives by finding the right mattress for them. 

Piper Sandler published research for June 2021 stating 67% of retailers said price increases from manufacturers are providing a benefit to sales trends. At first glance, this idea seems counterintuitive. When prices go up, don’t people buy less? So we decided to ask indie mattress retailers what they thought of these survey results, and they had mixed opinions.

Mark Quinn reflects on his time at the ABT Golf Charity Event and how the group is helping kids on the autism spectrum.

They first started passing out jimmies at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, and ever since then there’s been news coverage about athletes shaking the sheets. And this year there was a big piece of fake news floating around about how the cardboard beds the Olympic athletes will sleep on were designed to prevent bonking.

Kryo, Inc., the parent company of sleep technology brand ChiliSleep, is teaming up with the Cincinnati Reds and the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball teams for a sports science collaboration.