The Profit Prophet

The Mattress Stores That Wouldn't Die: How a Dying Industry Accidentally Became the Perfect Money Laundering Machine — And What Happened When the SEC Finally Noticed

Episode Summary

There are more mattress stores in America than Starbucks locations — and almost none of them make sense as a real business. This episode pulls back the curtain on how the mattress industry's bizarre economics, opaque pricing, and suspiciously high store counts became a magnet for dirty money, private equity schemes, and one of the most quietly devastating retail collapses in recent memory.