The Sleep Train
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Sleep Train is one of the top three mattress retailers in the United States and the largest on the West Coast.[1] It was founded by Dale Carlsen in June 1985. Sleep Train stores carry mattress manufactured by Sealy, Simmons, Select Comfort, Tempur-Pedic, and Stearns and Foster. Sleep Train also carries headboards by Fashion Bed Group and Modus International, as well as a variety of bedding accessories.
Sleep Train, Inc. owns and operates Mattress Discounters West, Sleep Train Mattress Centers and Sleep Country USA.[2] total of more than 210 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The company employs more than 1500 people.
In July of 2006, Carlsen announced the purchase of the 55-store Sleep Country USA chain in the Pacific Northwest. Sleep Country USA was formerly owned by the mattress manufacturer Simmons.[3]
In August of 2007, Sleep Train was awarded the title of "Best Mattress/Bed Store" by a reader's poll conducted by the San Diego Union Tribune.[4]
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[edit] References in the Media
- Nancy J. Kim, Sleep Train rumbles full steam into the heart of Sleep Country, Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle), May 16, 1997
- Kelly Johnson, Sleep Train zips into Bay Area, Sacramento Business Journal - February 20, 1998
- Kelly Johnson, Sleep Train chugs along with multi-city expansion, Sacramento Business Journal - August 21, 1998
- Shannon McMahon and David Washburn, Rain casts pall on trips to the mall, San Diego Union Tribune, February 22, 2005
- Sleep Train purchases Sleep Country USA, Sacramento Business Journal, August 30, 2006
- Mattress chain vaults the Sierra Nevada with latest expansion, Sacramento Business Journal, January 12, 2007
[edit] References
- ^ Nancy Butler, Retail Road Trip - The selling scene, SleepSavvy January/February 2007 edition
- ^ Johnson, Kelly, Sleep Train agrees to buy 54 stores Sacramento Business Journal - October 23, 2002
- ^ Sacramento Business Journal Article about purchase of Sleep Country in 2006.
- ^ Readers' choices unveiled, San Diego Union Tribune, August 1, 2007
