Tempurpedic

As reported by Seattle Times recycling and disposing of used mattresses takes more than the usual effort. For one thing, no one likes to purchase a mattress that someone else has already slept on for years. Even charitable organizations, according to the article, do not encourage used mattress donations. And when waste management companies do recycle them, they would need some time to tear the mattresses apart. Mattresses are constructed tightly precisely so that it won’t easily come apart. Waste management companies would have to make use of really expensive equipment to do so.

October was the National Chiropractic Month and in observance of this, the American Chiropractic Association via press release, sent guidelines to consumers when it comes to mattress shopping. Many suffer from chronic back pains as a result of sleeping on an improper mattress and according to the ACA, investing in a good bed is not only for your own comfort, it helps improve your health.

Their advice on what to look for in a mattress?

Support
- a good mattress should provide support completely. Gaps, such as in the waist area, isn’t full support.
- a good mattress should be firm, especially in the areas supporting the shoulders, hips and back.

Mattress buying today is a lot like buying a new car, house or jewelry — it can put a dent on your financial situation, which is why availing of a financing scheme for mattress purchase isn’t a far fetched idea. In fact, it should be very helpful to many consumers.

Just recently, Mattress Firm has announced it is extending its newest credit card program, in cooperation with GE Money. With it, consumers can avail of a lot of financing options including low-fixed interest, easy pay, waived annual fee, discounts and promotional offers.

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.

LEXINGTON, Ky., PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Because a body’s pressure points can be as unique as its fingerprints, Tempur-Pedic(R) International Inc. developed the TEMPUR(R) Advanced Ergo System(TM), a mattress foundation alternative that will change the way people sleep- personalizing everything from the body’s weight distribution to its preferred rest positions during slumber.

The result is a completely customized sleeping environment with infinite ergonomic positions and a stress-relieving massage at the push of a button, allowing for the deep, rejuvenating sleep that can enhance quality of life and lead to overall physical well-being.

Research work conducted by Sustainable Technologies Initiative (STI), a company based in the UK, shows some very effective alternative ways by which mattress manufacturers can provide for more environment-friendly sleeping solutions.

Mattresses are conventionally made using various synthetic materials that often carry adverse effects to the environment, especially when these are not properly disposed. By pushing the use of natural fibers from recycled wool, cotton and other organic materials, in place of foam padding or synthetic fibers which used to be the common practice, Sustainable Technologies Initiative believes that the move does not only help the environment, it also improves the competitiveness of the industry through lowered manufacturing costs. Further to that, consumers are provided better sleeping alternatives as studies have also indicated that natural products bring bigger and better benefits.

While the federal government pushes through with its new mandate for mattress safety standards effective July 1, there are those that say the safety precautions set may actually be more dangerous. The chemicals to achieve a flame-proof mattress are said to cause more harm than good, ten years down the line. Below are the points People for Cleaner Beds Org have made regarding this:

The chemicals used to flameproof mattresses have never been studied for human exposure risk in this application. (Except now the CPSC has released a limited study.)

We know almost all the chemicals to flameproof mattresses are acutely toxic and many also cause cancer.

Overseas, Hilding Anders of Sweden,a leader in mattress manufacturing in Europe and Asia is acquiring another bedding company, Tropico, which based in Czech Republic.

Tropico has a production facility and a foam cutting site outside Prague, and a mattress assembly site in Slovakia. Net sales in 2006 amounted to SEK 90 million. The company, established in 2000, has shown a strong sales growth in recent years, doubling turnover since 2003.

“We see a considerable potential in the Czech market”, said Anders Palsson, president and chief executive of Hilding Anders. “The consumers’ purchasing power in Czech Republic and the surrounding markets is gradually increasing. It has therefore been in our plans to expand Hilding Anders’ business in this area, and we are now executing that strategy”.

A bed store with distributorship at Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin has been fined $26,400 by the Commerce Commission in New Zealand for putting products up on sale, claiming mark down prices, when these were in fact their regular prices.

Advek Holdings, trading as Back to Bed, was found guilty in Christchurch District Court on Monday of breaching the Fair Trading Act 12 times. Commerce Commission chairwoman Paula Rebstock said the retailer had advertised beds as being on sale when they were actually being sold for the usual price.

Here’s a fun fact you might be interested to know this Valentine’s day…

According to a study done by Leggett & Platt, having sex on an innerspring mattress, as opposed to air mattress or foam mattress, is tons better. Do you agree with it?

The results: 68% of respondents prefer an innerspring mattress for sex, while 25% like foam and 7% prefer air, according to L&P.