The Sleep Train

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Sleep Train is one of the top three mattress retailers in the United States and the largest on the west coast.[1] It was founded by Dale Carlsen in the early 1980s with a very strong emphasis on customer service, employee training, and quality products.

Sleep Train, Inc. owns and operates Mattress Discounters West, Boxcar Bedding, Sleep Train Mattress Centers and Sleep Country USA.[2] total of more then 170 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The company employs more than 1300 people.

In July of 2006, Carlsen announced the purchase of the 55-store Sleep Country USA chain in the Pacific Northwest. Sleep Country USA was formerly owned by the mattress manufacturer Simmons. [3]

Sleep Train stores carry mattressed manufatured by Sealy, Simmons, Select Comfort, Tempur-Pedic, and Sterns and Foster. Sleep Train also carries headboards by Fashion Bed Group and Modus International, as well as a variety of bedding accessories.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Butler, Nancy, Retail Road Trip, the selling scene(PDF) SleepSavvy, January/February 2007 edition
  2. ^ Johnson, Kelly, Sleep Train agrees to buy 54 stores Sacramento Business Journal - October 23, 2002
  3. ^ Sacramento Business Journal Article about purchase of Sleep Country in 2006.


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