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SSA Will Launch Bedfax.org at Las Vegas Market
January 15,
2013 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on January 16, 2013
The Specialty Sleep Association will launch Bedfax.org, an informative Web site for consumers and retail sales associates, at Las Vegas Furniture Market.
The SSA will introduce the site during its winter market educational event for dealers and other attendees, titled Whats in your mattress, scheduled for Mon., Jan. 28, 4-5 p.m., in space C176 of World Market Center Las Vegas.
The branded Bedfax program supports the organizations goal to drive bedding product sales through consumer education, while promoting the SSAs three-tier Environment and Safety consumer disclosure product labeling program to bedding manufacturers and dealers, according to Dale Read, SSA president.
Women, especially moms, will continue to drive demand for safe and sustainable home goods, including bedding products, but many are confused or wary of misinformation, said Read. With Bedfax.org, the SSA intends to create an online resource for pre-purchase research; with the ultimate goal of connecting consumers to dealers that sell SSA certified and labeled mattresses.
The Bedfax.org launch and educational event are sponsored by the SSA and members Innomax, Innovative Mattress Solutions, Latexco, Naturepedic, Suite Sleep, and the Marketing Arm Group.
Initially, the new site located www.bedfax.org will feature an informative consumer-facing video, which will debut to attendees at Mondays event. Also at bedfax.org, consumers and retail sales associates may find a glossary of terms and definitions related to environmental and safety product claims, as well as a list of manufacturers participating in the SSA program which feature consumer disclosure labels at the point of sale. Finally, interested manufacturers may learn more about the SSAs Green Initiative and link to the associations trade Web site.
Mondays panel discussion format will be moderated by eco-chic interior designer Sarah Barnard of Sarah Barnard Design in Santa Monica, Calif., and is open to all market attendees. Panelists include: Chris Chamberlain, co-founder of The Clean Bedroom, with stores in Maine, California, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York; and Barry Cik, founder of Naturepedic, an organic bedding manufacturer with an active product labeling program. A reception following the event will be held in the Ergo Bedroom showroom.
At Las Vegas Market, the SSA and its exhibitor members will fill 13,000 square feet in space C1565, focused on product innovation in the growing specialty sleep category. Thirty to 40 exhibiting members are expected to participate. The SSA formerly occupied a space on another floor of Building C at the WMCLV. Trade show organizers have concentrated resources for bedding and related products on the 15th floor, including the SSA.