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Behind the Scenes at the Bedding Conference (+19 pics)

Posted May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 QLeave a commentPosted in mattress industry

Well, another Furniture Today Bedding Conference is behind us and the Seena Magowitz Golf Classic rakes in big money for the TGen Foundation. In a word, last week was incredible (see the pictures below). At the conference, David Perry did his usual good job of putting together sessions that not only delivered some good content […]

91% Polled Say Coil Counts Can Tell Quality Story

Posted May 13, 2014 Q2 CommentsPosted in mattress industry, mattresses, product development, Retail

At Leggett & Platt, we have created a new product called NanoCoil, so in preparation for its release at this year’s ISPA EXPO, we did some research on industry opinion around coil counts. Using this new coil as well as two other Comfort Core® units, we were able to  boost the coil count in our foam-free […]

Casper Wants to Kill

Posted May 6, 2014May 6, 2014 Q5 CommentsPosted in creativity, marketing, mattress industry, mattresses, product development

The following is a guest post by Mark Kinsley. Casper was a friendly ghost. In the mattress industry, Casper is the brand that wants to kill. They want to kill the bad experience. Murder the margins. Bury the slimy sales guy. Cut out car trips. And put industry charlatans under the blade of a glistening guillotine. Doesn’t sound too […]

The More You Return, The Bigger the Return

Posted December 10, 2013December 11, 2013 QLeave a commentPosted in mattress industry

When we look at buying a new machine for a factory, or creating a new budget for a sales promotion, we create a return-on-investment analysis to make sure the money we are spending will create value back to us in some way. What if I told you the money you were about to spend would […]

Sleep Geek 3.0 Has Me Fired Up

Posted August 12, 2013 QLeave a commentPosted in creativity, Leadership, mattress industry, mattresses, Retail, social media

You read that headline correctly – I am FIRED UP today because we launched Sleep Geek 3.0. For those of you that don’t know, more than two years ago we created a community called Sleep Geek, purpose-built for retail sales associates – and really great for anyone in the mattress industry. The idea here is if […]

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