Sealy

also referred to as: sealy mattresses

includes Sealy Mattress Factory

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Oct 22, 2018 by Guy Raz · said 7 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Stacy Madison (4), Guy Raz (2), Philip Krim (1)

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Oct 22, 2018
Assertion Partly supported
Tempur-Pedic acquired rival Sealy in 2012 at a $2.5B market cap
“By the way, in 2012, Tempur-Pedic acquired its longtime rival, Sealy, making it one of the biggest bedding providers in the world. A company with a market cap of two and a half billion dollars.”
Guy Raz Oct 22, 2018 ▶ 56:03 Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell
Oct 22, 2018
What-if
Trussell would have sold Tempur-Pedic to Sealy in early 2000s
“All those years back in the early, I mean, late nineties and early 2000, I was expecting to get a call from an industry player like Sealy. Guy Raz: To say, hey, we want to buy you out or something. Bobby Trussell: Yeah. And we would have said, Okay.”
Bobby Trussell Oct 22, 2018 ▶ 52:05 Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell
May 27, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Madison: Stacy's bought and converted a 200k+ sq ft Sealy mattress factory
“We had moved to the Sealy mattress factory, where we bought the building, and it was two or 300,000 square feet, something like that. It was basically four acres inside. And we converted the Sealy mattress factory into a giant pita chip factory.”
Stacy Madison May 27, 2019 ▶ 45:50 Stacy's Pita Chips: Stacy Madison
Jul 6, 2020 neutral
Assertion Supported
Raz: Tempur-Pedic acquired rival Sealy in 2012 to become largest bedding provider
“By the way, back in 2012, Tempur-Pedic acquired its longtime rival, Sealy Mattresses, making it the biggest bedding provider in the world.”
Guy Raz Jul 6, 2020 ▶ 56:51 Tempur-Pedic: Bobby Trussell (2018)
Jun 28, 2021 negative
Insight
Krim: Oligopolistic Control and Legacy Brands Protected High Mattress Margins
“For the last several decades, it's been a very tightly controlled industry, and when things are an oligopoly or a duopoly or a monopoly, that's when you're able to really protect pricing, protect margins, and you see it in other industries. You see it in the r…”
Philip Krim Jun 28, 2021 ▶ 11:25 Casper: Philip Krim
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