Snooze News Weekly | Aug. 28 – Sept. 3, 2020
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Each week, we find, curate and share the most relevant bedding and mattress news stories from across the web. Check out what we’re reading this week.
News
- SUMMER ISSUE RELEASE: Bursting with up-to-date information on all the latest mattress collections, sleep products and bedding technologies hitting the market this season our summer issue a must read. Check it out in digital magazine form or as individual web stories now. | Sleep Retailer
- In an attempt to pursue profitability, Casper has brought on a new CFO. | Forbes
- Furniture World reports that WithIt recently launched an enhanced career center.
- Entrepreneur offers five ways retailers can pivot toward profitability despite the pandemic. Maybe Casper should give Entrepreneur a call?
- E.S. Kluft and Marshall Mattress merge operations to strengthen business. Get the full scoop at Sleepretailer.com.
- IMC has adapted its buyer experience for the fall design week. Learn more from Home Accents Today!
- USA Today shares the most popular mattresses for its audience in this list.
- According to this article from Forbes, Wayfair made S&P’s global shortlist of potential retail defaulters.
- Malouf is launching a new Weekender RTA line of furniture. Learn more from Sleep Retailer.
- Nestl Bedding, a soft-goods company, is launching a new luxury, tri-blend duvet cover set. Home Accents Today has the story.
- CNN rounded up retail bankruptcies from August and the Daily Beat NY published a similar list of “retail carnage” here.
- Furniture Today reports that domestic bedding manufacturers are already seeing positives resulting from the antidumping push.
- Stash Home is closing its doors. We’ve got the full update at Sleepretailer.com.
- GlobeSt.com explains why rent deferral is not the way to save retail while the Wall Street Journal recaps a recent surge in retail evictions.
- In this roundup from Business of Home, Amazon drones are set to take flight and Hearst has inked a new bedding partnership.
- IMC has announced its virtual programming for the 2020 fall High Point Market. | Furniture Lighting & Decor
- In a new press release from PR Newswire, Airweave claims that its innovative mattress toppers can improve athletic performance.
- Naturepedic is raising awareness of the connection between chemicals in mattress materials and cancer. Learn more about the brand’s latest initiatives from Sleep Retailer.
- Yahoo Finance reports that Sleep Number’s stock is sinking.
- According to CNBC, Macy’s CEO is watching companies like Nordstrom and Nieman’s close stores and is seeing the possibility to corner luxury retail.
- Bed, Bath and Beyond is still fighting! Learn about the retailer’s latest move to get back on track in this press release. | PR Newswire
Science & Fun Stuff
- Psychology Today explores the social nature of sleep.
- Medical.net wrote about a new study showing that sleep loss can lead to anger.
- WTOP wonders: can exercising before bed affect sleep?
- With the help of physician’s input, Medical News Today seeks to determine what causes racial disparities in sleep.
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