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You walk into the old Bergner's only to find discounted mattresses.
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Mattress Liquidators is a mattress store that has locations in Bloomington, Peoria, Pekin, and Springfield. Their slogan is "Name Brand Mattress for Less". They specialize in selling name brand mattresses at a heavily discounted price. They are open Thursday through Saturday from 10 AM to 7 PM and Sunday from 12 PM to 5 PM. Every week they receive new shipments of mattresses to keep their inventory refreshed.
Mattress Liquidators also sells furniture, including sectionals, sofas, love seats, bedroom sets, dining room sets, and more.
The store mainly focuses on selling name brand mattresses, including Sealy Posturepedic, Serta Perfect Sleeper, Stearns & Foster, Simmons Beautyrest, Saatva, Loom & Leaf, and more.
With these name brands, Mattress Liquidators guarantee they are the lowest prices in town. They do not have any price matching because their beds are at such a heavily discounted rate which only they are able to carry out due to their business model.
Currently, they are running a 'tax refund mattress blowout'. A current purchase of a mattress qualifies you for:
FREE Mattress Protector FREE Luxurious Sheet Set FREE Memory Foam Pillow FREE Box Spring FREE $100 Furniture Gift Card FREE $100 Appliance Gift Card FREE Express Delivery FREE Mattress Removal FREE Headboard Brackets FREE 24 Month 0% Financing FREE Heavy Duty Frame
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For instance, let's say you want to buy a queen mattress like the one pictured.
This mattress is a Sealy Posturepedic Summer Day Queen Mattress. The retail for this mattress is $799. Mattress Liquidators sells this for $299!
This is what separates Mattress Liquidators from its competition. The ability to sell mattresses that people are willing to pay retail price for AT LEAST 50% off at their stores.
Currently, the mattress market is undergoing a slight change, with online mattress companies like Casper and Purple forming. These online companies have been able to take a fair share of the mattress market and have driven specific brick and mortar mattress stores out of business. However, Mattress Liquidators has been able to counter these online companies by selling their mattresses at a severe discount without taking much risk on the mattress. For instance, Casper offers a 100-day trial on their mattresses. If you return it during that time frame, Casper loses money on that mattress because it cannot resell it to another consumer. On the other hand, Mattress Liquidators takes overstock mattress and buys it for an extremely low price so that they have a low risk on that mattress with a high return.
Mattress Liquidators is essentially taking an off-price store model and using it in the mattress business. Overall, they have been very successful in central Illinois, opening new stores in other cities in this area. Also, other mattress companies like them have been popping out all over the country, showing the success of this off-price store model on the mattress market.
It will be interesting to see how long this mattress store remains at Grand Prairie and if their success keeps on growing or eventually stagnates.