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A Vertical Merger in a “Horizontal” Market: Court Rejects FTC’s Challenge to Tempur Sealy’s Acquisition of Mattress Firm
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request ...
U.S.’s largest mattress retailer saved by acquisition: ‘Now the world’s largest bedding company’
The “retail apocalypse” has shuttered doors all across the country as people’s shopping habits continue to change. That’s not to say, though, that there aren’t some brands that are showing signs of ...
Brattle Client Mattress Firm Prevails in FTC Challenge Against Merger with Tempur Sealy
In a proposed $5 billion merger between the world's largest mattress supplier and the US's largest retail mattress chain, a ...
Tempur Sealy Cleared to Close Purchase of Mattress Firm
The company said the move follows a federal court ruling which denied the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt ...
Judge denies FTC's effort to block Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm acquisition (updated)
A federal judge in Houston denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked ...
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Temper Sealy Garners FTC Nod on $5 Billion Mattress Firm Deal
Mattress Firm will operate under the Somnigroup International umbrella, the new name for the combined Tempur Sealy and ...
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FTC's Bid to Stop Mattress Merger Put to Rest
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) failure to obtain a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s $4 billion proposed acquisition of ...
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Tempur Sealy closes $5B Mattress Firm takeover, plans rebrand to Somnigroup
A federal court in January denied antitrust regulators’ latest move against the deal, which creates a conglomerate of three ...
Mattress Firm Tempur Sealy Completes $5 Billion Deal and Then Changes Name
Mattress maker Tempur Sealy International (TPX) has finally put its almost two-year-long $5 billion acquisition of retailer ...
Tempur Sealy completes $5B Mattress Firm acquisition, expands board, plans name change
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Houston's Mattress Firm headed to sale after judge clears transaction
The FTC sued to block the deal, announced in 2023, arguing the acquisition would violate antitrust laws and reduce options for consumers. Mattress Firm, founded in 1986 in a Sharpstown strip ...
Ubiquitous Texas chain Mattress Firm can be bought, judge rules
A federal court in Houston ruled that the acquisition of one of the most iconic and ubiquitous brands in Houston and Texas ...