Hot Retailer Alert: Mattress Stores
Attracted to Houston's population growth and multifamily development boom, mattress stores are spreading rapidly through the metro. (Should also help to support the population growth.) Mattress Firm has been particularly pervasive, recently opening three stores in Montrose alone, and also blanketing the town with stores of its subsidiary Mattress Pro, according to a fun and thorough analysis by blogger Christopher Andrews. The two brands are now up to 111 locations in the Houston metro, heavily concentrated in multifamily hotspots. [CDAndrews]