Re: Stickley Furniture - Shifman Bedding
That is standard fare in the bedding industry. It's done that way so you can't price shop it. A store like Bloomie's will take a standard Shifman (or any other brand for that matter), change the exterior top cover to an alternate, make a new label for it and now its their own model. They will jack the price to $ 12,000, have a 50% off sale so its $ 6,000 and you think you are getting a bargain - and down the road a little store like mine will sell the standard model for $ 4,500 day in and day out but its not 'on sale'....lol. That's how the trade works.
The vast majority of production bedding is made in regional plants in high-speed, automated production lines that build for a number of makers. It takes 13 minutes to make a mattress on average (vs 8 hours of hand-sewing on a Royal Pedic). The production line will run one brand in the morning, and then another in the afternoon from another maker. All using the same basic components. Bedding is too costly to ship cross country because it cubes out trucks and railcars, so you will find one of these plants that produce all the major brands near most cities.
Duxiana is supposed to make an excellent product, though I have no hands-on experience with. Typically they are well into 5 figures for a set.
Duane Collie
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