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Archive Home > 2005 > November > 28 > No rest for U.S. mattress prices

No rest for U.S. mattress prices

Hurricanes hurt Gulf region plants, heighten foam-product shortages

By Anna Sowa / The Bulletin
November 28, 2005

It's not a mattress store sales pitch.

Destruction from hurricanes Katrina and Rita has reduced foam mattress and furniture supplies. One result: Some mattress prices have increased more than $100.

The hurricanes damaged many raw material processing plants on the Gulf Coast, plants that produce....

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