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Sealy announced Thursday night that it is planning to increase the prices for wholesale purchase of mattress. This is due to fact that flame-resistant materials are increasing in cost, and delivery expenses have also been skyrocketing.

“Every business in our industry has been affected by factors like higher fuel costs and material costs, and significant investments to meet the new flame resistant regulation for mattresses,” Larry Rogers, president of Sealy North America, said in a statement.

via Business Week

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Some 15 very well-known bedding producers are found in Las Vegas and new bedding collections are supposedly found in this state constantly.

Sealy is promising a “major innovation.” Simmons offers new comfort options in its Beautyrest Black line. A new promotional and midpriced line is being launched by Serta’s owners. Spring Air is loaded, with four revamped bedding lines. And Leggett & Platt will show its high-end “smart bed,” which generated plenty of buzz at the recent Consumer Electronics Show.

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More company expansions on-going for Mattress Firm, originally a Houston based company, as it tries to penetrate the Southern California market….

Mattress Firm of Houston said today that it intends to buy Mattress Gallery, a Los Angeles-based chain with nine locations in Orange County. Upon completion of the deal, Mattress Gallery locations will turn into Mattress Firm stores and adopt its expanded product selection. The transaction is expected to be complete within 60 days.

Mattress Gallery locations are similar to Mattress Firm stores, averaging 3,000 to 4,000 square feet. Mattress Firm is known for its high-end Sealy products.

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Spring Air Co., maker of Spring Air mattresses, has merged with Consolidated Bedding Inc and is now expanding its mattress operations in the United States.

Effective July 2, the chief executive officer of Spring Air will be Robert W. Hellyer, 48 of Roswell, Ga. Hellyer was most recently president of Simmons Mattress Co. Previously, he was the head of national sales for Stearns and Foster, a division of Sealy Inc. Jim Nation, the current president of The Spring Air Company, will hold the same title in the new Spring Air. Steve Antinori, currently chairman and chief executive officer of Consolidated will become chairman of the Spring Air board, the company said in a statement.

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Some of you may be in the process of preparing your summer house for those visitors you are expecting to come in. And as a good host, you would perhaps like to provide them with everything they need, with appropriate set-ups for sleeping that also includes comfortable mattresses.

If you had to prepare three beds for three guests, it may cost you a lot to get new mattresses for each. But actually, you don’t have to spend too much on this.  Check out Sealy Posture Premier. It retails for $469.00. It’s perfect for those looking for quality mattresses on a tight budget. And here is what satisfied customers have said about the product.

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As every new parent knows, there is nothing more important than a good nights rest. The child will now have the chance to have as peaceful a night as the parent with the Sealy Baby Posturepedic Crib Mattress. Finally, the mattress adults love is available for a child? A Sealy Crib Mattress is very special because it allows the child to sleep extremely comfortably and peacefully, which in turn allows mom and dad to sleep comfortably and peacefully. The Sealy Posturepedic Crib Mattress features a soft, non-allergenic sleeping surface to keep baby free from germs. It boasts triple laminate fabric which provides an antibacterial and antistatic surface to protect against tears, wetness, mold and mildew. The Sealy Baby Posturepedic Crib Mattress will provide a safe haven from monsters in the closet as it travels with the child from the crib to most toddler frames.

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New York Times published a very thorough article on the complexities of sleep, which deals with one’s prefence, habits, lifestyle, disorders, the mattress industry and a whole other factors. The article is extensive and loaded with facts and stipulations and here are some excerpts:

Furniture Today’s David Perry: “the mattress is not nearly as sexy a part of the equation as drugs or sleep-disorder centers. It just kind of lies there.” For generations many consumers perceived the innerspring beds of the three dominant “S-brands” — Sealy, Serta and Simmons — to be interchangeable. A Gallup poll 10 years ago found that nearly half of Americans didn’t know what brand of mattress they slept on. The industry blamed itself, often ruthlessly.

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Dug up this old article from Slate Magazine. Granted that this piece was written a few years back, a lot of its advices still ring true even today. It’s a pretty comprehensive piece, one that covers not just mattress buying per se, but also other concerns a shopper normally carries with choosing a mattress.   Here are just some of the advices given in the said article:

On choosing the best brand:

Innerspring mattresses, particularly the Big S’s (Simmons, Serta, Sealy), dominate the market. But how to choose among Serta and Sealy, Stearns and Foster, and King Koil? Or for that matter, between the Simmons Beautyrest Exceptionale Lenore and the Simmons Beautyrest Do-Not-Disturb Royalty Ultra? Ignore brand names. They’re meaningless. Just pay attention to comfort.

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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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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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