Have you ever been fortunate enough to sell to a group of people that just get it? You don’t have to do a lot of convincing, you simply present what you have and your audience TOTALLY understands the value because they believe the same things you believe? That was my experience last week in New […]
Today’s BONUS: Kinsley and I are back at it on our podcast Dos Marcos talking about the break-up with Mattress Firm and Tempur-Sealy. What are the downsides/upsides for both, and what comes next? We also talk about Bob Sherman and what he is up to with Restonic so jump on the treadmill, plug in some […]
Mark Kinsley and I just recorded another podcast for sleep-geek.com that should publish in a few weeks, and in it we make some bold predictions for 2017. Making predictions is really pretty stupid when you think about it because there is very little upside to getting it right and when you get it wrong; well, your […]
I received my Furniture Today email and was very surprised to see THIS ARTICLE from my good buddy Dave Perry recapping the most recent Consumer Reports (CR) article on the mattress industry. So what did it say? That the top dog, the guys that created the entire memory foam class have dropped to last place based […]
Have you ever heard someone say something like, “That person is coming from outside the industry and we all know how well that turns out.” There seems to be a strong bias that when it comes to managing business at a high level in the mattress industry, you are likely to fail if you are […]