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Business leader Mattress Discounters recently gave fifteen new mattresses to the homeless institution, Focus House. The shelter has to contend with intermittent bed bug infestation that instead of helping the homeless find refuge and avoid sleeping in the streets, they end up getting bitten by the pests in the comforts of the shelter.

The shelter has been established to help the homeless become productive citizens. Normally, people don’t have a lot of sympathy for them but  hopefully, this gesture by the mattress company will inspire others to do the same.

If you would like to donate anything, you can go to Focal House’s parent organization www.fishcarson.org.

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Ken Harader of AC Mattress Company began working with them at the age of 12 and took ownership of the company in 1975. Today, he celebrates 50th years of mattress manufacturing.

It seemed like the start of a typical work week to Ken Harader one Monday in 1974 when he arrived at A.C. Mattress Company.

Harader met with his boss and the company founder, Bill Thomas, to discuss the day’s work plans.

Thomas then got up from his desk chair, walked to the front door of the office, collapsed, and lost consciousness.

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Maybe it’s a reflection of the current state of the economy today, even Tempur-Pedic mattress sales are sagging….

According to a report from Forbes, the financial magazine which was able to get in touch with the luxury mattress company, this has been rather expected:

Although the first quarter isn’t quite over, sales thus far have been less than stellar due to a downturn in consumer spending. The company now expects high single-digit percentage decrease in sales for the quarter as compared to the year prior. Tempur-Pedic also expects its earnings per share price for the quarter to be about half that of the same quarter of 2007, which came in at 35 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected 44 cents per share. The company will announce its first-quarter results in April.

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Next to holidays, back to school preparations rake over billions of dollars every year. Buying and upgrading the things your children need for school is necessary for every parent. Although sometimes, some consumers do get carried away with their purchases. And advertisers duly take advantage of this. Consumerism may have in fact reached new levels because as September nears, shops like bookstores and school supply stores are not the only ones coming up with back-to-school promotions, even mattress stores are also taking a piece of the pie.

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Mattress manufacturing has indeed come a long way. Workers just used to stuff mattresses with cotton, straw or some other foam of fiber in the old days. But of course, as we all know, today, mattresses provide the highest level of comfort thanks to scientific advancements. Below is a brief history of mattress-manufacturing:

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Sleep Detox is a mattress company that allows customers to build their own memory foam mattresses for motor homes, boats or caravans as well as medical and outdoor mattress needs. All that needs to be done is for interested customers to fill their online form provided on the website. The company guarantees that your order will be taken care of within 48 hours.

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Sealy, as reported by Forbes Magazine, has not been doing very well at the beginning of the year, and its earnings has continued to dip in the third quarter.

After Thursday’s closing bell, the mattress company released disappointing third-quarter earnings. While the Street consensus estimated earnings per share of 32 cents, Sealy reported EPS of only 22 cents per share. The mattress company earned $21.5 million in the quarter ended Aug. 26, down $7.9 million from the comparable period of 2006.

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Sales for Sleep Country Canada has been very brisk in the three past months that, despite unfavorable general market conditions…

Sleep Country Canada Income Fund says its third quarter profit increased nearly 14 per cent on higher sales.The Toronto-based mattress company said net income was $10.9 million or 78 cents per share in the three months ended Sept. 30 compared to $9.65 million or 69 cents for the same period last year. Sales in the quarter were $104.7 million compared to $97.75 million in the 2006 period.

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Ron Trzcinski runs the Original Mattress Company, a Cleveland based establishment with about 11 factories and 100 mattress stores spread across the Midwest. His experience in the business is a good 40 years, nearly, and this includes some 18 years with Sealy Corp. Despite the changes in the industry, Trzcinski still applies the most basic concepts in mattress selling and is regarded highly in the business for his expertise.

Trzcinski wanted to demystify the process of buying a bed. He said he didn’t like the practice of manufacturers selling basically the same product with different names and fabrics through different retailers, making it hard for consumers to compare. Nor did he like high-pressure sales tactics or the fake urgency of some retailers’ markdowns.

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With less people moving into newer homes, furnishing isn’t a top priority. Most mattress purchase are for replacement beddings and what usually click these days are custom made high-quality mattresses, of which there’s only a specific target. To draw in other consumers, a mattress company may be in for a tough competition.

Most mattresses and box springs look alike from the outside. Their dimensions are standard, and their covers typically sport virtually indistinguishable shades of white.

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