Rockford Mattress to close after 80 years

April 1st, 2008 at 08:28pm Deborah Austin

After almost 80 years of manufacturing and selling mattresses and bedding products, Rockford Mattress Co.’s owners have decided to close.  The company has stopped manufacturing mattresses and now is liquidating its inventory.

The Powell family, which owns the business at 212 Seventh St., is not sure when it will close its doors for good. Sales have fluctuated over the past five years, and the Powells knew by December that they’d need to close. Several factors led to the decision, they said: industry changes, rising costs of materials, and the overall economy.

You can read the full story, “Needs outweigh wants: Rockford Mattress to close,” at BusinessRockford.com here.

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