Snooze News Weekly | June 25 – July 8, 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 and writing about this week.

In The News: Industry Focused Stories

Precision Textiles Is Enhancing Its Accessories Portfolio: The
NEW SlumberSphere Smart Pillow

SlumberShield division of Precision Textiles is meeting demand with new product enhancements to its pillow line up. | Sleep Retailer
For Bed, Bath & Beyond, The Stores Are Still Key: BB&B is holding tight to its brick-and-mortar retail strategy keeping its focus firmly on its fleet of in-person locations. | Business Of Home
What's Next For The Retail Work Environment?: Salesforce vice president and general manager of retail, Rob Garf, weighs in on how retail work environments will evolve for the employee. |WWD
Nationwide Marketing Group & Myriad Join Forces: In a new partnership, NMG is offering its members even more access to the business technology they need. | Sleep Retailer
Apple Is Re-Evaluating Its Work Policies For In-Store Employees: Flex work from home options are becoming thing even for RSAs and Apple is at the forefront of offering this new benefit. | The Verge
Follow NRF's Converge Event Through July: Watch 100+ virtual sessions from NRF through July 25th, featuring speakers like Diane von Furstenberg, Jay Norris, Valerie Jarrett and more. | NRF
Ghost Bed Opens A Concept Lab: Looking to retail customers and industry professionals for feedback, Ghost Bed is using its Florida-based corporate headquarters as a research and consumer laboratory for its products. | Sleep Retailer

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Dormae Is Launching A Boxed Bed Brand: With 70 years under its belt manufacturing traditional mattresses, Dormae is now expanding to omni channel with its new Milton Sleep Co. boxed bed lineup. | Furniture Today
Gap Is Launching A Cooling Bedding Collection: The new Gap Home lineup is being sold exclusively through Walmart. | Real Simple
Malouf Is Expanding Its Wellness Team: The new hire, Sarah Giles started her tenure by distributing a health assessment survey among employees across locations in Utah, California, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina. Based on this anonymous feedback, Giles and the rest of the wellness team determined three major areas of focus for the company’s health and wellness initiatives: physical activity, mental wellness and nutrition.| Sleep Retailer
Zoma Sleep Is Rethinking Traditional Memory Foam Mattress Design: Zoma touts the popularity of its mattress design among athletes in a recent press release. | Globe Newswire
Report Finds That COVID-19 Fast Tracked Existing Retail Industry Trends:The COVID-19 pandemic altered many aspects of life, including the retail industry and consumer behaviors. But that doesn’t mean the impact was entirely negative. According to a new report from the National League of Cities, the pandemic fast-tracked existing industry trends.| WTOP
Summer 2021 Mattress And Bedding Industry Trends:
Summer 2021 Mattress & Bedding Trends

In the lead up to the summer Las Vegas Market, we at Sleep Retailer took a moment and reflect on how the bedding marketplace has evolved over the past 15 months—and start looking for clues to where it may be heading. | Sleep Retailer
Is A Labor Shortage The Current Crisis in Retail?: Currently, the Department of Labor estimates that there are about 965,000 open jobs in the retail industry. This shortage potentially poses a huge problem for the retail industry. | Forbes
Tempur Sealy Brands Top Industry Rankings: Furniture Today names Tempur Sealy brands as a leader in the bedding and mattress industry. | PR Newswire
Magniflex Begins New Partnership With Volleyball Nations League: Throughout the brand's history, Magniflex has supported the idea of a healthy lifestyle by partnering with various sports teams and lifestyle brands. | Sleep Retailer
Casper Partners With Mattress Warehouse: Like a traditional mattress manufacturer, Casper is now working with brick-and-mortar retailers—who would've thought? | Retail Dive
Rize Launches A New, Streamlined Catalog: Bringing all of its pricing together in one place, Rize recently announced the launch of a new catalog aimed at making the ordering process as comfortable as possible. The new catalog combines product details, specifications, shipping information with its pricing information in one place.| Sleep Retailer

Health, Wellness & The Science Of Sleep

New Study Brings Together The Hot Topics Of Anxiety & Sleep: Researchers at CU Boulder are working on a pre-clinical study on the effects of CBD on sleep and anxiety - two increasingly popular topics. | Westword
On The Widening Sleep Gap: PBS explores socioeconomic disparities in sleep and health. | PBS
The Health Dangers Of Losing Sleep: There is an inextricable link between sleeplessness and ill-health for everyone, but research indicates that teens and over-65s who don’t get enough shut-eye are particularly vulnerable to mental disorders. | Raconteur
The Pandemic Changed Sleep Habits, Could That Be A Good Thing:All work and no sleep is not a healthy trajectory. If you've gotten extra sleep because of pandemic routine shifts, it could be much better for your physical and mental health. | Wired