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In The News

Mastercard SpendingPulse: US Retail Sales Up 9.5% YoY in June: As prices continue to spike for essential items and shoppers continue to treat themselves with more leisure-based spending, U.S. consumer retail spending was up 9.5% year over year in June, according to the latest Mastercard SpendingPulse. | PYMNTS

McRoskey Signs National Partnership With Williams Sonoma Home: McRoskey Mattress Works has signed a deal for its first national partnership with multi-channel specialty retailer Williams Sonoma Home. | Sleep Retailer

Motesque And Swiss Sense Offer Digital Mattress Testing Tool With 3D Avatar: Powered by MQ Fit Mattress, Swiss Sense SleepLAB Bodyscan offers customers a high-quality shopping experience and enables virtual testing of the mattresses in online and physical stores, resulting in personalized product recommendations. | BedTimes

Spring Air Extends South Korean Licensing Agreement Until 2030: Spring Air International has extended its licensing agreement with South Korean bedding manufacturer BMB Co. until 2030, granting the licensee the rights to Spring Air’s mattress manufacturing and sales in Korea for another eight years. | Sleep Retailer

Retailers Scale Back Hiring As Worry About A Slowdown Grows: After going on a frenzied hiring spree for a year and a half to meet surging shopper demand, America’s retailers are starting to temper their recruiting. | ABC News

Bankruptcy Court Grants All First-Day Motions In Corsicana Chapter 11 Proceeding: This approval provides Corsicana Mattress Company up to $58 million through two debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing facilities to support ongoing operations. | Sleep Retailer

Shift Your Selling Position: Jeff Giagnocavo, co-owner of Gardner’s Mattress & More, shares his insights on how to become a “pinnacle-positioned business.” | Forbes

Magniflex To Unveil MagniCool Collection In An “Igloo” At Las Vegas Market: Magniflex will unveil its updated MagniCool collection in an igloo-inspired, temperature-controlled room at the summer Las Vegas Market. The line, which addresses the issue of “sleeping hot,” features three modernized models with a new design | Sleep Retailer

Ecommerce Hasn’t Killed Physical Retail. It’s Made It More Important Than Ever: Why the ecommerce boom led retail pundits to predict the final death of physical stores, the reality is that the rapid digitization of commerce is completely transforming—rather than eclipsing—the role of the physical store, and we need new ways of measuring its impact. | Fast Company

Shifman Honors Top Retail Partners: Shifman Mattresses recently honored four retail partners for top sales performance and identified key themes in their success, including being single-location, independent dealers and making an unwavering commitment to mattress sales. | Sleep Retailer

Serta Simmons Closes 3 Factories In 3 States: During the last three months, Serta Simmons Bedding has filed at least three WARN Act notices announcing plans to close factories in Virginia, Iowa and Kansas. The most recent filing for the company’s factory in Lenexa, Kan., where Beautyrest products are manufactured. | Furniture Today

Brooklyn Bedding And Helix Sleep Acquire Bear Mattress: Brooklyn Bedding and Helix Sleep have announced the acquisition of Bear Mattress. This acquisition expands Brooklyn-Helix’s leading direct-to-consumer mattress platform with high quality active lifestyle sleep offerings. | Sleep Retailer

BofA Says Consumer Spending Remains Resilient Despite Inflation: Spending on credit and debit cards was up 11% from a year earlier in June, compared with a 13% increase in April and 9% gain in May, said Bank of America Corp. The higher spending comes amid rising prices and fears that the US is poised to slide into recession. | Bloomberg

Standard Fiber Launches New SmarTrak Order Tracking System: With the goal of meeting the highest standards of excellence, reliability and performance delivered with superior customer service, Standard Fiber has developed its new SmarTrak global order tracking system to allow customers to view real-time visibility of their inbound shipments. | Sleep Retailer

Health, Wellness & The Science Of Sleep

The Hottest New Service At Hotels? Sleep.: Sometimes the ultimate luxury is a good night’s rest. A number of hotels are investing more heavily in sleep-themed services, with offerings across numerous properties aimed at helping guests get the most out of their shut-eye. | Washington Post

To Combat Sleep Loss, California Schools Are Pushing Back Start Times: As of July 1, California law mandates public high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am and middle schools no earlier than 8 am. It’s an effort to get students to sleep more after research has found most teens live with mild to severe sleep deprivation. | The Hill

Why Do I Want To Sleep More In The Summer? An Expert Weighs In: While the warmer months may initially feel invigorating, they can actually make some people feel more tired. Here’s why, plus what to do about it, according to a sleep specialist. | Mind Body Green

Poor Sleep Seems to Worsen Parkinson’s Symptoms: Poor quality of sleep is linked to worse motor and nonmotor symptoms in people with Parkinson’s disease, a study has found. Greater deviations from an estimated ideal bedtime, time in bed, and duration of sleep are linked to more severe symptoms, data show.| Parkinson’s News Today

What Your Sleep Tracker Can Reveal About Your Health: These days, you don’t have to go into a sleep clinic to learn key details about your sleep. If you have a smartwatch, fitness tracker or even a health app on your phone, you can gather useful sleep data from the comfort of your own bed, ranging from heart rate to breathing rate and sleep stage percentages.| CNET

Slack Summer Sleep Schedules Can Be Disruptive To Teenagers’ Mental Health: Summer can be a great time for kids to relax and decompress after a hectic academic year, but a doctor who specializes in the connection between sleep and mental health says sleep schedules shouldn’t vary too greatly. Slack summer routines can result in a loss of sleep, putting children at higher risk for experiencing symptoms of mental health conditions | WTOP