Snooze News Weekly | September 11 – 17, 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
- ICYMI // 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
- A company called Technavio released a fairly comprehensive study of the mattress industry and a roadmap for recovery published on Business Wire.
- Tempur Sealy put out a positive business trends update. We wrote about it at Sleepretailer.com.
- Charleston may soon have its own mattress recycling program. Learn more in this update from CHS Today.
- According to this press release, the inventors of Bed Scrunchie are engaged in a heated fight to protect their intellectual property. | PR Newswire
- Magniflex is expanding its private label program. Get the scoop at Sleepretailer.com.
- Entrepreneur talks ecommerce, while PYMNTS considers how new retail technology enables a digital first approach.
- Furniture Today names the top 25 bedding retailers, all the while providing insights on the state of the industry in this article.
- The Malouf Foundation has partnered with the Safe House Project to launch a new OnWatch education platform. Learn more in this update from Sleep Retailer.
- According to Built In, the future of retail is personal.
- PYMNTS tracks retail sales in August and CNBC examines the stocks that are making the biggest moves right now—including Bed, Bath and Beyond.
- Ashley Furniture recently made a generous donation to its neighboring middle school—the school used the contribution to purchase VEX robotics equipment. Read more at Sleepretailer.com.
- In this story from Barron’s, Bed, Bath and Beyond might finally be on the right track.
- Learn how IMC’s reorganization better aligns leadership and leasing in this article from HomeWorld Business.
- Some good news out of California this week: The Mattress Recycling Council reports that more than 83% of mattresses discarded in the state in 2019 were diverted from California landfills. | Sleep Retailer
Science & Fun Stuff
- Sleep problems are often linked to cognitive problems in people who have Parkinson’s. | Parkinson’s News Today
- A new study outlined in an update from PsyPost links childhood sleep problems with psychosis and borderline during adolescence. Eek!
- On the lighter side, Yahoo Lifestyle wrote about what the side of the bed you sleep on says about your personality.
- According to this story from Elle, you can sleep your way to better skin.
- Separate bedding, not separate beds, could help solve couples’ sleep woes! Read all about it from Good Housekeeping.
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