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2013 Retail Giants of Bedding . Furniture/Today's special bedding issue highlights three retail giants of bedding. The 2012 winners of this award are Portland-based BedMart, Coon Rapids, Minn.-based HOM Furniture and Houston-based Gallery Furniture. Aside from our awards for the Retail Giants of Bedding, this bedding supplement features an eclectic mix of topics. Here are some of the features: Sleep Doctor Michael Breus introduces variations on latex theme; Leggett & Plat reveals new sex and sleep issue research; bedding producers weigh in on consolidation issues; Cardi’s Furniture & Mattress adds a new line; an overview of mattress vendors at the Nationwide show; The Better Sleep Council's view on sleep deprivation; ISPA Conference overview; and an overview of bedding newcomers to the High Point Market.
Furniture/Today's Mattress Talk , While a majority of consumers currently own an innerspring sleep set, consumer satisfaction levels are much higher with specialty sleep sets. Those insights come from a Furniture/Today and Apartment Therapy Bedding Survey that offers a snapshot of bedding opinions held by consumers across the country. The two companies teamed up to take the pulse of consumers on a variety of mattress topics.

Furniture Today's 2013 Bedding Forecast . The mattress industry will record a 4% gain in unit shipments this year, while the wholesale value of those shipments will jump by 6.8%. The Furniture/Today forecast is more bullish than the industry forecast issued in October by the International Sleep Products Assn. The ISPA forecast, issued by that group’s statistics committee, calls for 2.3% unit growth this year and 6.3% dollar growth.

Bedding Yearbook - 2012 . Our annual Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we publish each year. On the producer side, we list the Top 15 Bedding Producers (reprinted from an earlier issue), a closely watched list that tells retailers which manufacturers are moving up and which ones are moving down. This year's ranking features a new name in the No. 1 position, Serta.

Furniture Today's Top 25 Bedding Retailers 2012 . Mattress specialist Sleepy's retains its No. 1 ranking atop Furniture/Today's list of the Top 25 U.S. Bedding Retailers, with estimated bedding sales last year of $800 million. But fast-charging Mattress Firm, the publicly held Houston-based mattress retailer, is not far behind, with estimated bedding sales last year of $758.5 million. No. 2 Mattress Firm was the fastest-growing bedding retailer last year in terms of percentage growth, with a 39.5% gain. And it also had more dollar growth last year than any other bedding major, adding $214.9 million in bedding sales. In addition, it added 181 stores last year, many from its acquisition of Mattress Giant, another Texas-based bedding retailer, which ranks No. 11 on the Top 25 list.

Furniture/Today's Under the covers with Millennials , This report focuses on Millennials and mattresses and mattress accessory products. The exclusive data provides what Millennials say about sleep and sleep accessories; where Millennials shop for mattresses and sleep accessories; and what Millennials say about allergens, dust mites and bed bugs.

Top 15 U.S. Bedding Producers 2013 , Furniture Today's ranking of the Top 15 Bedding Producers ranks companies according to 2012 U.S. wholesale bedding shipments. Returns, as well as shipments to Puerto Rico are excluded. Contract shipments are included in figures. Adjustments, including sales allowances and incentives, are also included and are reported in the notes when available.

2012 Retail Giants of Bedding , Furniture/Today's special bedding issue highlights four retail giants of bedding. The 2012 winners of this award are Metro Mattress, Broad River Furniture, Badcock Home Furniture & more and Sears. Aside from our awards for the Retail Giants of Bedding, this bedding supplement features an eclectic mix of topics. Here are some of the features: an overview of Bedding Editor David Perry's European mattress tour to London and Paris; bedding executives tackling body impression issue; the International Sleep Products Assn.'s biennial Expo; and a behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of Leggett & Platt's music video.

Sleep Accessories in Furniture Stores . The study, just completed, presents the views of almost three dozen furniture retailers around the country, the vast majority of whom have annual sales of more than $2 million. And some big players are on the list of respondents, too; 21% of the furniture respondents had sales last year of $20 million or more.

Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Distribution Channel Report . Furniture/Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Distribution Report reveals 2010 bedding market share through seven distribution channels. Figures are based on 2010 retail sales of conventional mattresses and boxsprings, as well as foam bedding, futons, airbeds, adjustable beds and waterbeds.

Bedbugs: New Survey Reveals Women's Bedbug Concerns , Women, bedding's key consumers, are very aware of bedbugs, see the bedbug problem as being a serious one in the country, but are confident that problem can be controlled. Those are some of the key conclusions of a survey of women consumers conducted by Furniture/Today in partnership with Medelia Inc., a business strategy firm headed by Delia Passi. Passi, a speaker at Furniture/Today's recent Bedding Conference, and Furniture/Today posed bedbug questions to a panel of women who shared their thoughts on key bedbug issues. Approximately 250 women answered a variety of questions. This is the first time that Furniture/Today has surveyed an exclusively female audience on bedbug issues.
Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Forecast . Furniture Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Forecast provides bedding unit predictions for 2011 and the predicted dollar value of bedding shipments for 2011. And according to the data, the bedding industry will enjoy modest growth this year.

Furniture Today's Bedbugs 101: Everything you need to know about bedbugs but are too disgusted to ask . This exclusive report includes: 20 facts about Bedbugs; Bedbug statistics from a nationwide phone survey of more than 1,000 adults conducted by Infogroup/ORC on behalf of Enforcer Brand pest control products; Comments from leading bedding executives concerning bedbugs; A roadmap for marketers looking to connect with consumers concerned about bedbugs, based on data from Furniture/Today's exclusive HGTV Bedding Consumer Survey

Furniture Today's Consumer Views: Spotlight on Sleep Accessories , Do sleep accessories contribute to a better night’s sleep? It depends on which accessories you are talking about, a new consumer survey reveals. Sheets get the nod, but mattress encasement products aren’t viewed as contributors to that sometimes elusive better night of sleep.

Furniture Today's How gender issues affect the mattress sales process . Female sales associates, seen by some in the mattress industry as better able to connect with female consumers than their male counterparts, are in the minority in the bedding specialty stores, but are better represented on furniture store sales floors.

Furniture Today's Sleep accessories: Add-on sales opportunities . Here’s the set up: Consumers are sitting on their wallets. The housing market is lackluster. Unemployment is high. And, in our sector of the economy, mattress sales have been plummeting. What’s a smart retailer to do? Easy. Sell more sleep accessories.

Rating Sleep Surfaces: Furniture Today and HGTV Bedding Consumer Survey . Previous consumer research has revealed comfort as the No. 1 feature consumers look for when choosing a mattress. But, which construction types do consumers think are the most comfortable? This exclusive consumer data reveals which types of beds consumers currently sleep on, the kind of night’s sleep consumers get with their current type and which type consumers think is the most comfortable and why.

Furniture Today's Mattress Sales Booster Manual 2009 . This exclusive analysis provides a three-step approach to help retailers boost their bedding sales and increase their sales tickets. The three steps include: focusing on the consumer, embrace specialty sleep and add accessories to merchandise mix.
Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Forecast . Furniture Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Forecast provides bedding unit predictions for 2011 and the predicted dollar value of bedding shipments for 2011. And according to the data, the bedding industry will enjoy modest growth this year.
Furniture Today Retail Planning Guide 2013 . Furniture Today's 2013 Retail Planning Guide includes our economic analyses of the year that was 2012 and our outlook for 2013. The exclusive issue and report includes: Economic Outlook, E-Intent, Distribution Report, Industry Outlook, On the Water and Rankings.
Furniture Today - The List 2012 . The List includes all of Furniture Today's 2012 exclusive rankings, including both retailer and manufacturer rankings. Rankings include the Top 100 US Furniture Stores, Fastest growing Top 100 Furniture Stores, Beyond the Top 100, Top 25 US Furniture and Bedding Retailers, Top 25 Bedding Retailers, Top 20 Sources for the US Furniture Market and Top 15 US Bedding Producers.
Bedding Yearbook - 2012 . Our annual Bedding Yearbook provides a compilation of key mattress reports we publish each year. On the producer side, we list the Top 15 Bedding Producers (reprinted from an earlier issue), a closely watched list that tells retailers which manufacturers are moving up and which ones are moving down. This year's ranking features a new name in the No. 1 position, Serta.
The ABC's of Mattress Selling . This exclusive report provides bedding retailers with an A-Z selling guide to improve mattress sales.
FT and HGTV Survey: Consumers & Retailers: Making the bedding connection . This exclusive research report bridges the gap between what the consumers want when choosing a mattress and what retailers promote, both on the sales floor and in advertising.
Furniture Today's Top 25 Bedding Retailers 2012 . Mattress specialist Sleepy's retains its No. 1 ranking atop Furniture/Today's list of the Top 25 U.S. Bedding Retailers, with estimated bedding sales last year of $800 million. But fast-charging Mattress Firm, the publicly held Houston-based mattress retailer, is not far behind, with estimated bedding sales last year of $758.5 million. No. 2 Mattress Firm was the fastest-growing bedding retailer last year in terms of percentage growth, with a 39.5% gain. And it also had more dollar growth last year than any other bedding major, adding $214.9 million in bedding sales. In addition, it added 181 stores last year, many from its acquisition of Mattress Giant, another Texas-based bedding retailer, which ranks No. 11 on the Top 25 list.
FT and HGTV Present "Consumer Voices: The Bedding Shopping Experience" , This exclusive research examines why consumers choose to shop for a mattress in a particular retail channel, the likelihood of shopping in each distribution channel and what consumers would change in the mattress-buying experience.

Furniture Today's "Retail Bedding Spotlight" , During March and April, Furniture/Today surveyed bedding retailers about their operations, including bedding merchandise mix by type of bed. This report provides retailers with benchmarks to measure bedding merchandise performance.
Inside China's Bedding Industry - 2006 , Bedding Editor David Perry recently returned from a weeklong trip to China, where he visited mattress factories and foam and fiber suppliers.

Furniture Todays' Bedding Distribution Report -- Alternate Channels , This exclusive consumer data originates from the responses of 31,505 households to a survey conducted in December 2002 and January 2003.

Furniture Todays' Bedding Distribution Report -- Specialty Stores , This report extracts relevant data to look at consumer buying trends for bedding purchased through specialty stores, which were the second largest distribution channel for bedding purchases in 2002 and 2003.

Furniture Today's 2011 Bedding Distribution Channel Report , Furniture/Today's exclusive 2011 Bedding Distribution Report reveals 2010 bedding market share through seven distribution channels. Figures are based on 2010 retail sales of conventional mattresses and boxsprings, as well as foam bedding, futons, airbeds, adjustable beds and waterbeds.

Furniture Today's Bedding Update 2005 , Among the topics covered in reporting by Executive Editor David Perry were: the Chinese bedding threat, mattress flammability, the fast-developing visco-elastic foam category, the continuing rise of specialty sleep, and key new product development trends.

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