Tempurpedic

Night shifters and most call center networks keep the city bustling even after 10 PM that business operations still make good even at this hour. 1800mattress is going to capitalize on this beginning March 6th, when it opens its showroom doors to customers, without having to lock it ever. The mattress store will be in operation 24/7 in, ironically, the city that never sleeps.

The chain’s showrooms at 64th St. and Second Avenue, 95th St. and Third Avenue, and 34th St. and Ninth Avenue will remain open for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, the company’s clearance center at 31-10 48th Avenue will also be open continuously.

HIGH POINT — The 10 bedding specialty stores were the shining stars of this year’s Top 100 with a combined sales gain and store growth that markedly outpaced every other subcategory of this year’s list. The group is typically a top performer, but this year the bedding specialists outdid themselves with a 19.8% sales increase to $2.96 billion from $2.47 billion and a 12.1% gain in store count — up a net 266 stores — to 2,462 units.Those results clobbered the combined Top 100’s 6.6% sales increase as well as the percentage growth for every subcategory on the list, including the Top 10, which grew sales 9%, and the single-source store networks, which grew sales 9.6%. No. 12 Select Comfort is still the largest of the bedding chains as sales grew 15% to $735 million. But this year, the spotlight turned to No. 28 The Sleep Train, which posted the largest percentage gain (up 70.6% to $344 million) and the greatest net change in store count (up 79 stores to 200 units) of any Top 100 company. Those results also propelled the Citrus Heights, Calif.-based retailer up the Top 100 ranks by 13 spots from the previous year — tying none other than No. 51 1800mattress.com, formerly referred to as Dial-A-Mattress, for the biggest leap among all stores on the list (outside of newcomers).

In a recent survey done by 1800mattress.com, it was found out that committed men are a lot unhappy with their sleeping arrangements. When it comes to mattress shopping, women usually decide for their household, leaving men to feel left out and neglected in the process.

“My wife likes a firm mattress, but I prefer one of those new visco foam beds,” said one caller from Queens. Another caller from Manhattan said, “my girlfriend really worked hard on setting up our new place. I thought I could just live with this, but I can’t.”