EXPECT MORE FROM THE ONLY MATTRESS PROFESSIONALS!BOSTON (CBS/AP) – A new photo released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows the $20 million that authorities found hidden in a mattress in a Westborough apartment. The cash was inside a box spring and police say it is connected to a pyramid scheme involving TelexFree, a Marlborough-based company that purportedly sold VOIP telephone service. The cash was found earlier this month by investigators who had tailed a Brazilian man from New York. That man, Cleber Rene Rizerio Rocha, 28, was charged with conspiring to commit money laundering. TelexFree had few customers and made most of its revenue from people buying into the company with a promise of payouts for posting online ads for it, prosecutors have said. They were paid with money from new recruits, often friends and family of earlier investors. Although initially aimed at Brazilian immigrants to Massachusetts, authorities allege almost 1 million people worldwide were swindled out of nearly $1.8 billion.
Here you can find a large number of comfortable and affordable bedding items, such as mattresses and mattress pads and covers. Art lovers looking to spice up their space flock to this store for a touch of beauty, charm, and one-of-a-kind artistry. Nobody likes looking at a blank slate, so consider hanging a little something on your wall. Pieces like curtains and mirrors are just a few suggestions from here you're sure to love. It's time to make your living space even more livable with rugs, throw pillows, and vases. Parking can easily be found in the area. So when it's time to switch out your furniture, stop by Sleepys The Mattress Pros in Boston for a new furniture set. Help Us Improve This PageLet friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutTwitterGoogle+LinkedInPinterestPosted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. HOLLYWOOD—Philip Krim greets a visitor in the new Casper showroom here, designed for locals to come up and check out the Casper mattress, which is only sold online.
What's it look like? How does it feel? Is it as comfy as online fans have said?That's all well and good -- but come on, what we really want to do is open up that big box and see what happens.Does a big king b ed really pop up right out of the box, like a jack in the box?Krim slices open the top and grabs the folded mattress, which truly does expand once we pull it out of the box.But how did they get the bed, a combination of memory and latex foam, in there in the first place?"We have these giant machines that compress the bed, and fold it up into a sleeve that puts it into a box," says Krim, a Casper co-founder and CEO.Casper's unique bed-in-a-box proposition has taken off in a big way, selling $20 million worth in 10 months, with no marketing beyond $50-off social coupons and young fans singing its praises online./nW2kQNpMiv— Parker Hills (@parkerhills) January 29, 2015Besides traditional retailers like Ortho Mattress, Sit N' Sleep and department stores, Krim competes with other online mattress sellers, including Tuft & Needle and Signature Sleep, and touts longer guarantee periods.
Casper this week opened the new L.A. showroom, stocked with with millennial favorites like Xbox games and a Sonos sound system, along with a Casper king bed, simply as a way to "interact with customers and get them to know us," says Krim.The new showroom follows the original in New York City, where Casper is headquartered.Krim and four friends started Casper in 2013 as a way to remake the $13 billion mattress industry, and bring it into the tech age. Instead of walking into a showroom, and having to choose between memory foam, pocketed coil, firm or plush, Casper has fewer decisions. There's one kind of mattress — a combination of memory and latex foam, available in twin through California king size, starting at $500. A king sells for $950.Krim says his beds are a fraction of what they would cost at retail. (For instance, a Memory Foam King from mattress reseller Sitnsleep is advertised at $2,600.)"It was simple," says Lee Hoffman, a recent Casper purchaser from New York City. "I went to Bloomingdale's and Macy's first, and there were so many options.
Mattresses are complex and there are too many decisions. With Casper, you order the mattress and don't have to think about it."Check out YouTube, and you'll find dozens of unboxing videos, of young customers filming their experiences on smartphones and spreading the word on their social feeds.First night sleeping on a @Casper mattress. The unboxing experience was fun (yes, it comes suction packed in a box)! https://t.co/3sZPqDVdzr— Kate Kendall (@KateKendall) February 12, 2015It is the customer response to the bed-in-a-box that Krim says produced $20 million in sales, way higher than the $1.8 million in sales he and his partners had originally projected."It speaks to the demand that was out there for a new option," says Krim. "It really connected with people."Krim won't make any projections for 2015. "I've learned that predicting the future is not something I do very well," he says.Some $15 million was raised from a variety of venture firms, led by New Enterprise Associates, which has backed Evernote and Box.NEA general partner Tony Florence says he was inspired to invest because of the size of the bedding market.
Everyone sleeps, and at some point in their life, they buy a new mattress."Nobody I know who buys a bed has a good experience," he says. "It's an obvious category for a new way of doing business."Sales so far are tiny in the overall scheme of things, "but we see tons of innings for growth," says Florence.Just ask Trenni Kusnierek, who got her new Casper mattress last Friday.The Boston resident lives in a four-floor walkup, where getting a mattress up the stairs is quite challenging. "Getting a box up four flights is a lot easier," she says.Like many, she took photos of the bed once it erupted from the box, and is thrilled. "I'm sleeping really well."Casper beds come with a 100 day guarantee, and if you're looking to buy one, check your Twitter feed. Many folks offer links to $50 off coupons.And what if you don't like the bed and want to return it?Krim says the numbers of returns are very, very low. But if you do fall into the under-1%, know this: You won't have to stuff the bed back in the box, because it can't be done.