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 […]
“You can have any color you like, as long as it’s black.” – Henry Ford That quote always cracks me up. I suppose it is because I could never imagine anyone actually thinking that way or speaking that way to his customers. Have you ever been shopping and had an RSA push something you didn’t […]
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 […]
Last week I traveled to Washington, D.C., to join Mattress Firm at their annual leadership conference “BEDTalks.” My first thought before committing to go was, “Great, another couple days of meetings, listening to people talk about the mission statement, how to drive sales this Presidents’ Day, and some B.S. rah-rah conversation about people being the […]