Mattress Firm to close 200 stores (Durham, Fayetteville: buyer, rated, subway)

[guest12]

I couldn't not share the headline with my CD friends Happy holidays (in all seriousness, happy holidays to my CD friends...sorry for any business to suffer a loss, especially this time of year)!
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle...00-stores.html

[pierretong1991]

Great - now there will only be one mattress store every 2 blocks.......

[luv4horses]

They, and all the other mattress stores, have had a good run. Once that "memory foam" concept was incorporated it seems like the mattresses did not last very long, so there was a lot of turnover and a lot of money to be made. Every one jumped in, and the competition became fierce. Now the smart ones are pulling out with a pocket full of dollars still in their trousers.

[K4GPB]

and, don't buy any gift cards for:

Subway Closes 909 Stores In 2017: It's The "Beginning Of A Crisis" | Zero Hedge

[mclarksn9]

Originally Posted by K4GPB

and, don't buy any gift cards for:

Subway Closes 909 Stores In 2017: It's The "Beginning Of A Crisis" | Zero Hedge

Wow ... I love Subway but now that I think about it I’ve almost never seen a busy Subway. Their sandwiches aren’t the best but they are convenient

[ucctgg]

Originally Posted by K4GPB

and, don't buy any gift cards for:

Subway Closes 909 Stores In 2017: It's The "Beginning Of A Crisis" | Zero Hedge

Yikes, They only have 26,744 stores left!

[wheelsup]

Originally Posted by mclarksn9

Wow ... I love Subway but now that I think about it I’ve almost never seen a busy Subway. Their sandwiches aren’t the best but they are convenient

Food quality is bad IMO. Compare it with Chipotle, around the same cost, much higher quality food.

[ozmoe571]

Got my new bed at the Original Mattress Factory in Durham on a friend's recommendation, and I have no complaints to register about it. I honestly have no idea how the three Mattress Firm stores within a mile of each other on Fayetteville Road in Durham--two of which face each other on the street!--have been able to stay in business so long when they seem to be competing with each other more than any other businesses around them.

[pierretong1991]

I've gotten my last two mattresses off Amazon for $200-300

[CapitalBlvd]

What I heard was that Mattress Firm was bought out by an overseas buyer.

Perhaps the giant number of stores was a plan to make an attractive buyer think they were obtaining a major position in the US mattress market.

When the buyer learned what was really going on, they started trying to straighten out the mess they inherited.