A recently opened Mattress Firm store in Chicago's South Loop. After a wave of acquisitions Mattress Firm now has 3500 stores in 48 states and controls one-third of the market.
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The number of mattress stores is growing, it's estimated that the US will add 700 more in the next 5 years; a look at one of the major innovations of Bitcoin, their block-chain technology; and why government regulators seem to be looking at mega-mergers more closely these days.
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The number of mattress stores is growing, it’s estimated that the US will add 700 more in the next 5 years; a look at one of the major innovations of Bitcoin, their block-chain technology; and why government regulators seem to be looking at mega-mergers more closely these days.
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