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Tuft & Needle Is Still Winning the Mattress Wars
December 10, 2018
Author: Josie Sivigny
Find out why Tuft & Needle is in the running for Inc. Magazine’s 2018 Company of the Year. Read the full article.
“In September, the company made a momentous decision to super-charge its growth: Tuft & Needle merged with competitor Serta Simmons Bedding, the largest traditional mattress manufacturer in the U.S. The deal, reportedly valued at a half billion dollars, will join the startup to a company that owns 40 percent of the mattress market. Not bad for a company that never took any outside investment.”