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Sleep Savvy magazine The Sleep Savvy magazine and website delivers the latest retail trends, strategies, and best practices for top bedding stores.

Launched by ISPA’s Better Sleep Council in 2002, Sleep Savvy reaches nearly 24,000 mattress retailers—from single-store sleep shops to furniture and department stores to major chains—in the United States and Canada. The magazine is dedicated to helping retailers understand market trends and consumer attitudes to improve the techniques of sales associates to boost retailers’ bottom lines. Published eight times a year, the magazine features successful selling ideas, product innovations, tips for helping consumers make the sleep-health-mattress connection and more. Among its most popular departments is “Retail Road Trip,” which spotlights a retailer, outlining for others the secrets to its success. The magazine’s website includes a searchable database of its more relevant and “evergreen” stories, as well as digital editions of the current and past issues. Shop Talk by Sleep Savvy is the newsletter for mattress retailers who want to sell more and better bedding. Delivered directly to your inbox twice a month, each edition of Shop Talk focuses on a specific theme related to topics that are key to your retail success, including merchandising tips, promotions, selling strategies and more. It gives retailers the secrets to success—whether you run a single-store sleep shop, a major chain, a furniture store, a department store or an e-commerce site.

10/16/2026

Forget the 47-step bedtime routine. The Better Sleep Council’s 10-minute wind-down proves that better sleep can be refreshingly simple: pick a few calming habits, do them in the same order every night and let your body take the hint. It’s an easy tip to try tonight and an even easier one to share on the sales floor.

Ever flipped your pillow to find the cool side? Your customers have too. When a shopper says “I sleep hot,” there’s a lo...
10/15/2026

Ever flipped your pillow to find the cool side? Your customers have too. When a shopper says “I sleep hot,” there’s a lot going on behind that, and it’s not just the bedroom thermostat. Terry Cralle, RN, MS explains why temperature matters, how cooling materials actually work and how to help couples who run hot and cold find common ground.

Read the full article: https://sleepsavvymagazine.com/sleep-savvy-feature-stories/why-mattress-temperature-matters/

Turns out a bedtime snack might actually help you sleep, as long as it’s the right one.Swipe through for six easy recipe...
10/14/2026

Turns out a bedtime snack might actually help you sleep, as long as it’s the right one.

Swipe through for six easy recipes from the Better Sleep Council, built around tart cherries, bananas, almonds, and other ingredients that contain melatonin and magnesium. One tip from the Cleveland Clinic: try to eat about three hours before bed.

More from BSC: https://vist.ly/5ne27

Ever had a customer tell you they got married in your showroom?At Taos Lifestyle, it happens. Mary Domito turned a histo...
10/13/2026

Ever had a customer tell you they got married in your showroom?

At Taos Lifestyle, it happens. Mary Domito turned a historic former restaurant into a home store, kept the old wood beams, and converted the basement bowling alley into a music venue. Locals point out where they had birthday dinners. Tourists stop in for the gift shop and leave with a mattress.

She’s one of three independent retailers in our latest feature, alongside The Big Mattress Outlet in Dalton, Georgia, and BlvdHome in Utah and Nevada. Each one found its own way to stand out, and none of them did it by acting like a big-box store.

Read how they did it: https://vist.ly/5n9z2

Leg day is hard. Sleeping on a 12-year-old mattress afterward is harder. The Better Sleep Council just dropped a series ...
10/12/2026

Leg day is hard. Sleeping on a 12-year-old mattress afterward is harder.

The Better Sleep Council just dropped a series on why recovery happens overnight, where most people lose sleep (late pasta and a nightcap, we see you), and four easy fixes to try tonight. It ends with the best advice for anyone serious about results: check your equipment. Yes, that includes the bed.

Share it with the gym rats in your customer base. They’re one good night away from a new PR.

Get more tips: https://vist.ly/5n4mh

Roughly four in five U.S. homes have dust mites in at least one bed. 😬When a shopper mentions waking up stuffy or sneezy...
10/09/2026

Roughly four in five U.S. homes have dust mites in at least one bed. 😬

When a shopper mentions waking up stuffy or sneezy, that’s your cue to talk encasements, and to ask how old their mattress is. As Yahoo Health points out, the Better Sleep Council says seven years is the time to start shopping.

Read more from Yahoo Health: https://vist.ly/5mrxe

What matters most to 50-plus mattress shoppers? It’s not price. A new AARP survey breaks down what they want, what tripp...
10/08/2026

What matters most to 50-plus mattress shoppers? It’s not price. A new AARP survey breaks down what they want, what tripped them up and how most of them felt about their purchase.

Get the details: https://vist.ly/5mm6q

Shoppers are trying everything from warm baths to cherry juice to sleep better. The Better Sleep Council mapped the popu...
10/07/2026

Shoppers are trying everything from warm baths to cherry juice to sleep better. The Better Sleep Council mapped the popular fixes by how expert-approved they are and how easy they are to try.

Guess which one sits in the top right corner? Your customers' next sleep upgrade might already be on your floor.

Rest your feet. Wake up your retail game. 📖☕The Fall issue of Sleep Savvy is here! Hit the road with Gavigan's Furniture...
10/06/2026

Rest your feet. Wake up your retail game. 📖☕

The Fall issue of Sleep Savvy is here! Hit the road with Gavigan's Furniture, dare to do things differently and brush up on the art of selling latex.

Grab a coffee and start flipping. Your next showroom idea could be waiting inside.

Open the issue: https://www.read.ygsleaf.com/sleepsavvy/sleepsavvy_fall_2026/cover.html

Active shoppers already think about training and nutrition. Sleep is often the piece they're missing, and the Sleep Foun...
10/02/2026

Active shoppers already think about training and nutrition. Sleep is often the piece they're missing, and the Sleep Foundation links poor sleep to slower recovery, weaker performance and higher injury risk.

For RSAs, that makes fitness a natural way into a conversation about sleep quality. The Better Sleep Council explains the connection: https://vist.ly/5ktyg

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