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Sleep Train is one of the top three mattress retailers in the United States and the largest on the West Coast.^[1] It was founded by Dale Carlsen in June 1985. Sleep Train stores carry mattress manufactured by Sealy, Simmons, Select Comfort, Tempur-Pedic, and Stearns and Foster. Sleep Train also carries headboards by Fashion Bed Group and Modus International, as well as a variety of bedding accessories.

Sleep Train, Inc. owns and operates Mattress Discounters West, Sleep Train Mattress Centers and Sleep Country USA.^[2] total of more than 210 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The company employs more than 1500 people.

In July 2006, Carlsen announced the purchase of the 55-store Sleep Country USA chain in the Pacific Northwest. Sleep Country USA was formerly owned by the mattress manufacturer Simmons.^[3]

In August 2007, Sleep Train was awarded the title of "Best Mattress/Bed Store" by a reader's poll conducted by the San Diego Union Tribune.^[4]

[edit] External links

• Sleeptrain.com
• Sleep Train Amphitheater

[edit] References in the Media

• Nancy J. Kim, Sleep Train rumbles full steam into the heart of Sleep Country, Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle), May 16, 1997
• Kelly Johnson, Sleep Train zips into Bay Area, Sacramento Business Journal - February 20, 1998
• Kelly Johnson, Sleep Train chugs along with multi-city expansion, Sacramento Business Journal - August 21, 1998
• Shannon McMahon and David Washburn, Rain casts pall on trips to the mall, San Diego Union Tribune, February 22, 2005
• Sleep Train purchases Sleep Country USA, Sacramento Business Journal, August 30, 2006
• Mattress chain vaults the Sierra Nevada with latest expansion, Sacramento Business Journal, January 12, 2007