Snooze News Weekly | January 8 – 14, 2021
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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
- Katapult recently brought on a new head of product. Read about it in this article from Sleep Retailer.
- Retail Dive put together a timeline of how the pandemic hit retail.
- Corsicana is launching a social media contest centered on its Renue bedding brand. We covered it at Sleepretailer.com.
- The Motley Fool covers Bed, Bath and Beyond as it “solidifies its comeback.” While. Supply Chain Dive examines the company’s “common sense” supply chain pivot.
- Vogue Business does a deep dive into the future of physical retail.
- The Jones Family of Brands is bringing on a new vp of sales and a new HR leader. Get the full scoop at Sleepretailer.com.
- Resident, a mattress brand is getting a pandemic bump with $130 million in new funding in 2021. Forbes has the story.
- Eclipse International is set to open a new West Coast factory. | Sleep Retailer
- India gets its first holistic sleep solutions brand. Indian Retailer has the scoop.
- Retail rents are falling from Manhattan to Los Angeles. Learn more from PYMNTS.
- Pleasant Mattress hired a new national sales manager. Read more at Sleepretailer.com.
- Find out everything one should know about buying a Murphy bed. | WRCBTV
- Malouf developed an educational email marketing guide! Read a sample in this article from Sleep Retailer.
- NRF put out this blog post about retail resiliency in 2020 and beyond.
- 17 new brands have joined IMC’s Juniper. Get the details from Furniture Today.
- IQFit from Precision Textiles recently received the UL GREENGUARD Gold certification. We covered it at Sleepretailer.com.
- The Providence Journal has tips for moving a mattress.
- Magniflex is rounding out its GiNo bedding program with a new pillow under the brand. | Sleep Retailer
- ITA is shifting the dates for its spring showtime to be a week earlier. Home Textiles Today has the details.
- A new sleep technology platform called Bryte recently raised $24 million in Series A funding. Yahoo Finance wrote about it.
- Idle Sleep Group recently hired Vincent Passansi to head up North American Retail Sales. Sleep Retailer has the full story.
- Brooklyn Bedding launched a new advanced comfort sleep solution for plus sized sleepers. PR Newswire published the press release.
Science & Fun Stuff
- What key pillar of health: sleep, exercise or diet is most important to having good mental health? This article from Today gets to the bottom of it .
- Which came first, sleep or the brain? Find out in this article from Science Daily.
- Healthline rounded up the best headphones for sleep.
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