Why Does Houston Have So Many Mattress Stores?
So maybe you’ve noticed: Houston seems to have more mattress stores per capita than it does molecules of humidity in the air. So why is that? Can Houston really support so many mattress stores — and...
View ArticleConversations We’re Thankful For: Wednesday’s Show (November 25, 2015)
Each day on Houston Matters, we, the producers of this program, are tasked with examining the issues, ideas, people, places and events that define Greater Houston. We’re thankful to have the...
View ArticleMattress Firm To Buy Sleepy’s For $780 Million
The merger will give Houston-based Mattress Firm, already the nation’s largest mattress retailer, a dominant position in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
View ArticleSouth African Company Takes Over Houston-Based Mattress Firm In Multi-Billion...
The acquisition will create one of the world’s largest mattress retail distribution networks.
View ArticleWhy Does Houston Have So Many Mattress Stores?
Houston-based company Mattress Firm was recently acquired by South African furniture retailer Steinhoff, a mattress supplier that already has a firm hold on the European market and was looking to get a...
View ArticleHouston Matters Weekend for September 10, 2016
On July 18, 2016, former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa was sentenced to 46 months in prison for repeatedly illegally logging into the Houston Astros’ computer database. When the...
View ArticleHouston Based Mattress Firm Files for Bankruptcy, Will Close Hundreds of Stores
An initial group of approximately 200 stores are expected to close in the coming days
View ArticleLate Cold Front, Mattress Firm Bankruptcy: The Good, Bad, And Ugly of The...
The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
View ArticleAre Houston’s Brick-and-Mortar Stores Headed to Extinction?
Recent prominent bankruptcies and store closings are painting a dark picture of their future. Or are they?
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