INDEX: Serta Mattress Retail Merchandising Displays

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Serta Mattress
Retail Merchandising Displays

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BACKSTORY: Serta is an American company based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, that manufactures mattresses.

The company was founded in 1931 in Illinois as Sleeper, Inc. by 13 mattress manufacturers who licensed the Serta name. Subsequently, eight independent licenseesacting like a cooperative owned the company. Afterwards, it was controlled and operated as Serta International by its largest licensee, National Bedding Company, which ultimately held 27 of the 34 U.S. Serta manufacturing licenses.^[1]

In 2005, two private equity groups teamed up to purchase National Bedding Co.–The Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund, the Los Angeles-based private equity fund of Ares Management, and Teachers’ Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario (Canada) Teachers’ Pension Plan.^[2] The American company Serta International is a subsidiary of the American company Serta SimmonsBedding, LLC of Doraville, Georgia.^[3] Other licensees include Serta Dormae in Texas, Serta Restokraft in Michigan, and Salt Lake Mattress in Utah.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In August 2018, Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC announced a merger with online retailer Tuft & Needle.^[3]^[7]On January 23, 2023, Serta Simmons Bedding filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.^[8]

Serta produces four main types of mattresses – traditional inner spring, gel-infused memory foam, hybrid mattresses which combine both, and Talalay Latex which is produced at the Salt Lake City plant. Serta products are used in the lodging industry, with Hilton Worldwideand Wyndham Worldwide among its customers.^[9] Serta mattresses are also offered on cable home shopping channel ShopNBC. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)

BACKSTORY: A mattress is a large, usually rectangular pad for supporting a person lying down, especially for sleeping. It is designed to be used as a bed, or on a bed frame as part of a bed. Mattresses may consist of a quiltedor similarly fastened case, usually of heavy cloth, containing materials such as hair, straw, cotton, foam, rubber, or a framework of metal springs. Mattresses may also be filled with air or water.^[1]

Mattresses are usually placed on top of a bed base which may be solid, as in the case of a platform bed, or elastic, such as an upholstered wood and wire box spring or a slatted foundation. Popular in Europe, a divan^[2]incorporates both mattress and foundation in a single upholstered, footed unit. Divans have at least one innerspring layer as well as cushioning materials. They may be supplied with a secondary mattress or a removable “topper”. Mattresses may also be filled with air or water, or a variety of natural fibers, such as in futons. Kapok is a common mattress material in Southeast Asia, and coir in South Asia. (SOURCE: Wikipedia)