Dial-A-Mattress filed for bankruptcy in March, citing assets of $9.37 million and liabilities of $11.14 million, according to court papers. Among its creditors were Sealy Inc., Blue Bell Mattress ...

Kay Barragan helped her husband start Dial-A-Mattress in 1976, lending her husband $2,000 she earned from selling Avon products. In the 1980s, the company changed its name to 1-800-Mattres and ...

Dial-a-Mattress Retailer Blames Troubles on Stores, Executive Team. By . Sarah E. Needleman. Share. Resize. QUEENS, N.Y. -- Napoleon Barragan promoted his bedding business with a catchy 1-800 ...

When Robert Klein decided to set up a Dial-A-Mattress franchise in Orlando last July, he wondered whether enough people in the area would consider picking up the phone to order a bed. Sure, the ...

Dial-a-Mattress' proposed service mark 1-888-M-A-T-R-E-S-S was a descriptive term of relevant services and had acquired prima facie distinctiveness as the legal equivalent of one of Dial-a ...

Napoleon Barragan promoted his bedding business with a catchy 1-800-MATTRES jingle - "Leave off the last 'S' for savings" - that hooked customers on an unusual concept: Ordering a bed over the ...

You may be surprised, but the French are shy when it comes to buying mattresses. Inhibited when visiting showrooms, they're embarrassed to ask questions or test different sleeping positions ...

As chief executive of the Chicago-area distribution center for New York-based Dial-A-Mattress, the 53-year-old former commodities trader would love for a wave of agoraphobia to sweep the nation.

Mattress Firm, the largest mattress specialty retailer, announced Monday it was acquiring Hicksville-based Sleepy’s and its 1,050 stores for $780 million. That may be a good thing for New Yorkers.

Leaving off the last “s” for savings did little to help bedding retailer Dial-a-Mattress Operating Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. As part of its ...

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