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In The News: Industry Focused Stories

Reverie Amps Up Talent During Pandemic: Over the course of a year in which the bedding industry faced pandemic-related challenges and supply chain disruption, Reverie has enriched its Customer Service, Operations and Quality Management offerings by investing in deeply experienced talent. | Sleep Retailer
June Retail Sales See Solid Gains Reports Commerce and NRF: "Commerce reported that June retail sales—at $621.3 billion—were down 0.6% compared to May’s revised $617.9 billion (from an original reading of $620.2 billion) and up 18% compared to June 2020. And total retail sales from April through May headed up 31.5% compared to the same period a year ago." | Logistics Management
Malouf Announces New Salt Flat Inventory: Malouf Home recently announced that over 12 new furniture collections in the Salt Flat line are in stock and ready for domestic shipping. Encompassing the living, dining and bedroom categories, the collection includes popular pieces like the Barne Bed, the Tolland Sectional and the Ironwood Table. | Sleep Retailer
Privacy Concerns Abound With Amazon's Sleep Tracking Tech: Amazon is in our kitchens and bathrooms, our grocery stores, our computers and now the company wants to enter our bedrooms. Learn more about privacy concerns stemming from Amazon's latest sleep tracking technology. | Govtech
BEDGEAR Strengthens Accounting Department With New Hires: Performance brand BEDGEAR recently announced several tactical new hires and elevations within its Accounting department. These strategic decisions were made to focus on building an efficient and cross-functional Accounting department under the direction of BEDGEAR’s Controller, Robert Reyna. | Sleep Retailer
Wall Street Ends Down As Delta Variant Drives Fears: Wall Street ended lower on Friday, July 16 than the week before. Experts suggest that the dip in Amazon, Apple and other major technology stocks reflect investor concerns about the rise in coronavirus cases tied to the Delta variant. | Reuters
High Point Market Releases New Style Report:The High Point Market Authority (HPMA) recently released the ever popular High Point Market Style Report for Summer/Fall 2021, highlighting 19 unique trends found amongst the robust offerings seen at the most recent Spring High Point Market. | Sleep Retailer
Olympic "Anti-Sex" Beds Prove To Be Fake News: There's been a whole lot of scuttlebutt about supposed "anti-sex" beds at the olympics—beds meant to discourage close interpersonal contact between athletes. However, that rumor as been disproven. Find out how! | Sporting News
Industry Vet Trina Trill Passes Away: It is with great sadness and with deep condolences that we announce the passing of Trina Trill, an industry veteran who started her career serving as a production manager for Therapedic and more recently had been serving as VP of Operations at the Therapedic Rock Island factory. | Sleep Retailer
Burnout Management Coach Argues For Why The Eight Hour Work Day Is Outdated: A hot topic of late as been about the value of both restructuring the work day and even the entire work week. Watch a video explanation from a "burnout management coach"—whatever that is— because she has a point (or three)! | LAD Bible
STORIS eCommerce Update Supports Self Service: eSTORIS 4.3.6 is delivering multitude of new features to help retailers make a major impact on the customer experience. As the role of websites continues to expand, STORIS' eCommerce Product Management team addresses non-linear shopping journeys and logistical enhancements in this new release. | Sleep Retailer

Health, Wellness & The Science Of Sleep

Metabolism During Sleep—How Does LED and OLED Light Affect It: New studies seek to unpack the negative impacts of blue light before bed on our overall health and wellness. What is the why behind the phenomenon and how can we get better sleep? | Medical News Today
Your Bed Probably Isn't As Clean As You Think: A microbiologist explains how bacteria can live in your bed, gross. Definitely, don't read this over lunch. | The Conversation
How To Treat Bed Bug Bites: We at Sleep Retailer have a serious aversion to thinking about bed bugs, but at the same time, it's a surprisingly common problem. If you or your customers ever have the misfortune of experiencing bed bug bites, here's how to treat them. | US News - Health
3 Things That Could Be Messing With Your Sleep Right Now + What To Do: The summer months can be busy, especially not that it feels safer to spend time. with friends and family especially. Heat can also impact our ability to get quality rest. Learn what summer scenarios could be throwing off your snooze schedule and how to deal. | Mind Body Green