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Are Houston’s Brick-and-Mortar Stores Headed to Extinction?
Posted on · Recent prominent bankruptcies and store closings are painting a dark picture of their future. Or are they?
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Late Cold Front, Mattress Firm Bankruptcy: The Good, Bad, And Ugly of The Week’s News
Posted on · 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.
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Houston Based Mattress Firm Files for Bankruptcy, Will Close Hundreds of Stores
Posted on · An initial group of approximately 200 stores are expected to close in the coming days
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Houston Matters Weekend for September 10, 2016
Posted on · 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 news broke reaction was swift – and surprising. As the scandal was already well documented, many skipped taking Correa rightly to task for what […]
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Why Does Houston Have So Many Mattress Stores?
Posted on · 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 foot into the American market. We thought this would be a good opportunity to revisit a piece producer Edel Howlin did last year […]
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South African Company Takes Over Houston-Based Mattress Firm In Multi-Billion Dollar Merger
Posted on · The acquisition will create one of the world’s largest mattress retail distribution networks.
Business
Mattress Firm To Buy Sleepy’s For $780 Million
Posted on · 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.
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Conversations We’re Thankful For: Wednesday’s Show (November 25, 2015)
Posted on · 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 opportunity to bring you what we believe is a valuable service for the region. We're also thankful we have each other to bounce ideas […]
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Why Does Houston Have So Many Mattress Stores?
Posted on · 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? And can the city really support so many?