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Top five DTC mattress brands drove over half of category volume

David Farley · 1166 He Invented Mattress in a Box 20 years ago But Casper Out-Marketed Him · Oct 3, 2018 · at 4:33

David Farley, founder and CEO of Luxi, highlights market concentration among the leading venture-backed mattress brands.

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“Those five out of a 150 are doing better than 50% of the transformation volume.”

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The claim, plainly

Out of 150 bed-in-a-box mattress brands, the top five companies generate more than 50% of the segment's total volume.

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Assessment

Industry tracking data and market reporting from 2018 to 2019 corroborate both parts of David Farley's claim. Multiple independent sources, including Fast Company, CNBC, and Forbes, reported that there were between 150 and 178 direct-to-consumer (DTC) / bed-in-a-box mattress brands operating in the United States around 2018. Furthermore, transaction tracking data from Edison Trends published in 2018 and 2019 revealed significant market concentration: Casper and Purple alone accounted for approximately 69% of the online DTC mattress market (with Casper at ~37% and Purple at ~32%), and the top three brands (including Tuft & Needle at ~10%) controlled nearly 79% of segment sales volume. Therefore, the top five brands substantially exceeded the 50% volume threshold.

Edison Trends e-commerce tracking data from July 2018 and 2017-2019 indicated Casper (~37-50%) and Purple (~32%) alone captured over 69% of the DTC online mattress segment sales volume.
Fast Company, CNBC, and Forbes reported 150 to 178 bed-in-a-box/DTC mattress brands operating in the U.S. market in 2018-2019.

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[1] marketplacepulse.com [2] forbes.com [3] luxisleep.com [4] modernretail.co [5] forbes.com [6] note.com [7] note.com [8] retaildive.com

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