Mattress Works, a new independent bedding company, has opened its first three independently operated sleep shops in South Carolina—all within Wal-Mart Super Centers, including North Myrtle Beach, North Charleston and Travelers Rest.

Mattress Works sleep shops offer a “full service mattress shopping experience” with knowledgeable sleep consultants available to assist the customer through the purchasing process, according to David Karr, company CEO. Karr also has served as the CFO of Park Place Corporation a growing East Coast mattress manufacturer with plants in South Carolina and Pennsylvania, and as President of Comfortaire the inventors of the original airbed sleep system.

“Today’s mattress buyers demand value-priced products to fit their budget as well as layaway programs and financing, home delivery, removal of their old mattress and set up of their new purchase,” Karr stated. “Mattress Works delivers this entire spectrum of top-quality service.”

Mattress Works locations occupy 450–1150 square-foot footprints at the front of Wal-Mart Super Center stores. Product assortments within each store include velocity price points between $299 and $1,299, including two memory foam mattress options. “Our goal is to provide Wal-Mart shoppers with the ‘value experience’ that they have come to expect,” Karr emphasized.

“With the initial store roll-out, Mattress Works is actively seeking key retail operating partners to operate their own Mattress Works location in all markets served by Wal-Mart Super Centers,” stated Edwin Shoffner, Company COO.

“I am very excited to be a part of Mattress Works. My sales volume is going as expected, and the daily traffic through my store is unbelievable. Even though we are very early in the game, I am already making plans to accelerate the growth of this business,” commented Chad Hill, North Myrtle Beach (SC) Operating Partner.

Mattress Works Announces Agreement with Park Place Corporation

Independent Bedding Company Builds Solid Supply Channel Mattress Works, LLC, has further announced that Park Place Corporation is the authorized supplier of Mattress Works mattresses, foundations and box springs. Mattress Works and Park Place Corporation, with headquarters in Greenville, SC, have signed a multi-year supply agreement, during which time Park Place Corporation will supply current and future locations of Mattress Works sleep shops.

Mattress Works also has signed a supply agreement with Hickory Springs Mfg. Co. for bed frames and powered bed bases.

According to David Karr, CEO of Mattress Works, “As Mattress Works builds its brand and rolls out sleep shops in Wal-Mart Super Centers, we deliberately have selected suppliers who have a long-standing reputation for quality, service and the highest ethical standards. Both Park Place and Hickory Springs have earned high marks on these measurements for many years.”

“We are pleased to be in on the ground floor of the exciting new Mattress Works business opportunity,” stated Jimmy Orders, president of Park Place Corporation. “To have our bedding products branded ‘Mattress Works by Park Place’ provides phenomenal exposure and sales potential.”

Hickory Springs’ CEO, Don Coleman, applauded the “innovative approach” that Mattress Works has brought to the sales and marketing of a comprehensive line of bedding products. “We at Hickory Springs are pleased to be a key supplier with both Mattress Works and Park Place Corporation in this creative and unique introduction.”

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