SleepTech July - August 2018

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ISPA issues mattress
industry trends,
2018 forecast and
wage reports
The International Sleep Products
Association (ISPA) has responded
to important shifts in the
bedding industry in preparing
the 2017 Mattress Industry
Trends Report released recently.
In providing market intelligence
essential to industry success,
ISPA, the trade association for
mattress manufacturers and suppliers,
has published the latest
and most comprehensive shipment
and sales data available
from any source on the industry’s
current and historical trends.
“ISPA has made several important
improvements in the quality
and depth of the data presented
in this year’s report,” noted
ISPA President Ryan Trainer.
“First, ISPA has revised our
sampling factors-as we do every
five years-to reflect the current
bedding market. The biggest
change since our last update in
2011 is the rapid growth in the
boxed bedding segment. We
are happy to announce that our
2016 and 2017 U.S. shipments
data includes this important and
growing segment.
“Second, we have added two
new data points for motion
foundations, capturing both the
full size of the market for this
product as well imports. Finally,
mattress imports have grown
swiftly. So that our readers can
better analyze all segments that
make up U.S. demand for bedding,
this year’s report groups
trends in U.S. mattress and
stationary foundation shipments,
motion foundation sales
and imports together in the
first three charts,” said Trainer.
In addition to these improvements,
the 2017 report features
the most comprehensive sales
information available that ISPA
members, mattress retailers and
those in the financial sector can
use to track key business trends
and make important commercial
and investment decisions.
The report includes a 20-year
history of wholesale units, dollars
and average unit prices for
mattresses and foundations sold
in the United States; regional
sales data; mattress-size trends;
price point data; household consumption
information; contract
sales; data on econometric factors
that influence the industry;
expert commentary on industry
issues and a world mattress report
prepared by the Italian firm
of Centre for Industrial Studies
(CSIL). “For over 100 years, ISPA
has been both the source for industry
statistics, but has worked