U.S. consumers also are feeling pretty good about the economy, although they appear to have more niggling concerns. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index was 126.4 in June, down slightly from 128.8 in May, but well above the 117.3 charted in June 2017. The consumer confidence index from the New York-based business research group measures […]
The post U.S. Consumer Confidence Dips in June appeared first on BedTimes.
...
U.S. manufacturers are feeling more optimistic about the future than at any time in the past 20 years, according to the latest Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey from the Washington, D.C.-based National Association of Manufacturers. Some 95.1% of respondents said they were either somewhat or very positive about their own company’s future — the highest rate since […]
The post Manufacturers Pumped About the Future appeared first on BedTimes.
...
Following an extensive search, Serta Simmons Bedding LLC has appointed Dan Horan chief sales officer, a new position for the company. He reports to Michael Traub, chief executive officer of the Atlanta-based mattress manufacturing major, and will manage all channel sales leaders who previously reported directly to Traub. Horan steps into his new role Aug. […]
The post Serta Simmons Names Horan to New Top Sales Role appeared first on BedTimes.
...
Bedding major Tempur Sealy International Inc. reported total net sales of $669.7 million for the second quarter, a 1.6% increase from the same quarter of 2017. The company also reported that Tempur-Pedic’s U.S. sales increased 10% in the latest quarter. On a constant-currency basis, Lexington, Kentucky-based Tempur Sealy’s total net sales increased 1.2% in the […]
The post Tempur Sealy Sees Sales Rise in 2nd Quarter appeared first on BedTimes.
...
Independent mattress manufacturer Croft Bedding Co. has launched in a 26,000-square-foot facility in Joplin, Missouri. The new plant, equipped with $500,000 in mattress manufacturing machinery, is owned by retail veterans and husband-and-wife team Brian Croft and Della Emory Croft, the principals of retailer Joplimo Mattress and Springfield Mattress, along with their manufacturing business partner Josh […]
The post Croft Bedding Co. Opens for Business appeared first on BedTimes.
...
Nathan Bare, an industrial engineer with Cincinnati-based Casco Manufacturing Solutions was named a Rising Leader by the Goering Center for Family and Private Business at the University of Cincinnati’s Carl H. Linder College of Business. Bare earned the honor for his redesign of Casco’s production floor. His employer is a U.S. manufacturer specializing in cut-and-sewn […]
The post Casco Manufacturing Solutions Engineer Earns Leadership Award appeared first on BedTimes.
...