What To Expect From The Tuft & Needle, Serta Simmons Bedding Merger

By Steve Goldstein
Published: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 12:35pm
Updated: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 2:12pm
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Tuft & Needle
Tuft & Needle co-founders Daehee Park and JT Marino in front of the company's Phoenix office.

A Phoenix-based mattress industry disruptor is merging with a long-running powerhouse competitor.

Tuft & Needle will combine with Serta Simmons Bedding to form SSB. Tuft and Needle co-founder JT Marino says the new company will affect the industry in a dramatic way.

So is there more to come, as we’re less than two weeks away from Labor Day — typically one of the mattress industry’s most important days?

Seth Basham, equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities, joined The Show to talk about that.

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