Dave Perry

Despite challenges, bedding execs staying optimistic

The mattress industry faces a world of geopolitical challenges these days, but bedding executives are…

Social scene in High Point

Seeing people face-to-face and making new connections is one of the best parts of going to…

Shifman’s new brand campaign stirs emotions

What started with a poem has now brought smiles to retailers’ faces. There have even…

Officials see more growth for High Point as mattress market

The High Point Market, which welcomed two new mattress exhibitors this spring, continues to gain…

Market cycle catches industry in uncertain times

So here we are again, getting ready to go High Point Market. Things are a…

SSB aims to ‘precede a trend’ with new high-end lines

Tim Oakhill, chief marketing officer at Serta Simmons Bedding, updates Editor-at-Large Dave Perry on new…

Kingsdown sees key AI role in ‘year of innovation’

Frank Hood, Kingsdown’s CEO, tells Editor-at-Large Dave Perry how his company will debut consumer-facing AI…

Analyst: Housing, mattress growth not automatic

Conventional wisdom in the bedding industry holds that growth in the housing market logically translates…

Midnight in the Garden of Mattresses and Optimism

The heavily laden American Airlines jet, crammed full with passengers weary after two long maintenance…

Jonathan Scott talks King Koil partnership, wedding night bed 

Jonathan Scott and King Koil CEO David Binke tell Dave Perry about the Scott brothers’…