Retailers are feeling economic pinch; it shows when they can’t pay the rent | Sheila Long O’Mara
We don’t always look at the impact a drop in consumer spending has on small business, which is where the majority of retailers in the industry fall on the size scale.
3 observations from 3 local retail stores | Sheila Long O’Mara
I ventured out to some furniture stores here, just to scout out what retailers here were flooring and what consumer traffic looked like on a Friday afternoon and a Saturday morning.
Who is minding your store? | Sheila Long O’Mara
I have a question for mattress retailers. Who is minding your bedding floor’s merchandising strategy?
Let’s see how this third round of antidumping petitions plays out | Sheila Long O’Mara
The bedding category is now in its third round of antidumping actions following a July filing with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce.
A couch potato view of holiday TV advertising | Sheila Long O’Mara
The most recent Labor Day gave me some unexpected downtime, which gave me the opportunity to scout mattress commercials running throughout the weekend.
4 CEOs make ‘People to Watch’ list based on high-profile moves | Sheila Long O’Mara
Welcome to this year’s People to Watch issue, in which from the bedding arena, we tapped four executives.
What a weekend! | Sheila Long O’Mara
I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Seena Magowitz Foundation fundraising event in Milwaukee where we laughed, cried, shared stories, cheered one another on and learned some incredibly positive news in the world of pancreatic cancer research from top-notch doctors in the field of the third most-deadly form of cancer behind lung cancer and […]
Finding the parallels between Klaussner and UFI/Lane | Sheila Long O’Mara
There will be a lot more to the Klaussner shutdown than what has already come to light through reporting and storytelling long after the official date of closing has passed.