Since our series Carolina Curious began, we've received a wide range of questions. But there's one that comes in again and again, month after month:
"Why are there so many mattress stores?"
According to listener Keisha Redd, a lawyer from Winston-Salem, she's seen five on Stratford Road alone.
Others have asked, “Are mattresses really that much in demand?” “How do they all stay in business?” “Does every shopping strip have one?”
To put this question to rest, we found an expert: Dave Perry, the Executive Editor and mattress writer for Greensboro-based Furniture Today, which is the trade newspaper of the entire furniture industry.