Mattress World of Michigan

Mattress World, Inc. or Mattress World of Michigan was a mattress retail chain in Michigan and Indiana in the Midwestern United States. Its headquarters were in Genoa Township, Michigan.[1][2] Stores were usually freestanding and located in bedroom communities instead of big box store corridors.

Mattress World of Michigan
TypePrivate
Founded 1996 (1996-MM)
HeadquartersGenoa Charter Township, Michigan
Number of locations
0
Area served
Michigan & Indiana
ProductsMatresses
Number of employees
100
ParentArt Van
Websitewww.mattressworldmichigan.com
Mattress World store, Livonia, Michigan

History

Founded in 1996,[3] its first store opened in Howell, Michigan in 1998.[4]

In 2002, Mattress World had three stores in Michigan. Mattress World was, according to a Furniture Today article, the apparent high bidder for six Mattress Discounters stores in Metro Detroit; Mattress Discounters was exiting the Michigan market.[5] By 2009, the company had 22 locations. In May 2009, it acquired seven Mattress Gallery stores in Indianapolis; the Mattress Gallery stores, previously owned by the Indianapolis-based Today's Bedroom One, had closed in April 2009. The stores reopened as Mattress World locations in June 2009.[6]

In 2011, the chain had 28 stores, with 21 in Michigan and 7 in Indianapolis.[3] One of its Michigan stores was located in Ann Arbor.[7] At the time, it had 100 employees. In May 2011, Mattress World of Michigan was acquired by Art Van Furniture which said it would keep the Mattress World name and the employees.[8] Art Van stated that it may re-brand some stores as Art Van PureSleep.[7] The acquisition of Mattress World gave Art Van its first stores outside of Michigan.[3] The price of the acquisition was not disclosed.[9] Art Van assigned Armando Murillo, previously the employee who established Pure Sleep operations outside of Michigan, as the vice president operating Mattress World.[10]

In 2013, the Mattress World went bankrupt, with the majority re-opened as Art Van PureSleep stores.

References
  1. "Welcome to Mattress World of Michigan." Mattress World of Michigan. October 9, 2010. Retrieved on November 7, 2013. "Corporate: 1212 Fendt Dr, Howell, MI 48843"
  2. "Official Zoning Map of Genoa Charter Township." (Archive) Genoa Charter Township, Michigan. As of September 2008. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.
  3. Duggan, Daniel. "Art Van acquires mattress store chain." Crain's Detroit Business. May 12, 2011. Retrieved on November 7, 2013.
  4. "Art Van acquires Howell-based Mattress World, expands stores through Oakland County." (Archive) Oakland County Prosper, Government of Oakland County. Monday May 16, 2011. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.
  5. Thomas, Larry. "Mattress Discounters sells 54 stores to Sleep Train; will exit Calif., Mich." Furniture Today. December 15, 2002. Retrieved on November 7, 2013. "The apparent high bidder for the six Detroit-area stores is Mattress World, a Michigan retailer with three other stores in the state. Newton said the Michigan company is not the same Mattress World that earlier this year purchased more than 50 Mattress Discounters stores in the Chicago market."
  6. Schouten, Cory. "Soft sales plague furniture retailers Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine." Indianapolis Business Journal. September 5, 2009. Retrieved on November 7, 2013.
  7. Bomey, Nathan. "Art Van Furniture acquires Mattress World in Michigan retail deal." The Ann Arbor News at MLive. Wednesday May 11, 2011. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.
  8. Engel, Clint. "Art Van to Buy Chain." Furniture Today. May 26, 2011. Retrieved on November 7, 2013.
  9. "WEEK ON THE WEB: Visteon board member resigns amid dispute." Crain's Detroit Business. May 15, 2011. Retrieved on November 8, 2013. "Warren-based Art Van Furniture has acquired the Howell-based Mattress World stores for an undisclosed price and will operate the stores under the Mattress World brand name."
  10. Welch, Sherri. "Art Van plans expansion." Crain's Detroit Business. March 11, 2012. Updated March 12, 2012. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.
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