Nebraska Furniture Mart
Select Comfort Announces Agreement with Nebraska Furniture Mart
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MINNEAPOLIS — Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ:SCSS), the nation’s leading bed retailer and creator of the Sleep Number([R]) bed, today announced that it has established a retail sales relationship with Nebraska Furniture Mart, one of the Berkshire Hathaway home furnishings businesses, to carry the Sleep Number([R]) bed in its Nebraska and Kansas locations.
“This relationship with Nebraska Furniture Mart is a perfect fit with Select Comfort’s ongoing strategy to supplement our company owned store distribution with leading mattress retail partners,” said Keith Spurgeon, senior vice president and general manager, Select Comfort.
The Sleep Number Bed by Select Comfort[TM] is now available in Nebraska Furniture Mart’s retail locations in Omaha and Kansas City. About Nebraska Furniture Mart Nebraska Furniture Mart was founded in 1937 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Rose Blumkin in the basement of her husband’s second-hand clothing store with a $500 investment.
In 1983, investor Warren Buffett purchased a majority interest in Nebraska Furniture mart and made it part of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. For 69 years, Nebraska Furniture Mart has offered not only furniture, but also appliances, electronics, computers and flooring.
The Berkshire Hathaway home furnishings businesses include Nebraska Furniture Mart, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings, Star Furniture Company, and Jordan’s Furniture, Inc. Jordan’s has carried the Sleep Number[R] bed since December 2005. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the Sleep Number[R] bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories.
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