Casper sleeps easy on top of the online mattress retailer pile
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Casper, Leesa, and Tuft & Needle's online mattress sales accounted for 14.9 percent of all online bedroom furniture sales in 2016. That number seems to be rising as combined sales for these three online mattress retailers grew by 80 percent in 2016 over the previous year.
Since the first quarter of 2015, Casper’s sales have consistently outpaced those of Leesa and Tuft & Needle, two of its main online competitors. In 2016, Casper’s sales grew by 52 percent, double the e-commerce average. Still, Casper’s lead has been shrinking of late as Tuft & Needle and Leesa gain stronger footing.
Bed-in-a-box a sleeper hit among Millennials
Casper hasn’t built itself on any one age group. Yes, its buyers skew largely in the direction of millennials, as do Leesa’s and Tuft & Needle’s, but Casper has a more balanced demographic composition. Its sales are driven, at least partially, by the fact that their buyers are more evenly distributed across age groups.
The city that never sleeps accounts for most online mattress sales
Tuft & Needle and Leesa are far more geographically dispersed than Casper. Casper’s largest market is New York City – if you’ve ever ridden the subway and seen the ads, you would probably assume as much – but it has a miniscule presence in Phoenix, Tuft & Needle’s second largest market. Leesa also has a large presence in NYC and the largest proportional presence in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.
Non-mattress sales small, but not insignificant
Casper may be known as “that mattress company” but they also offer sheets, pillows, and even dog mattresses. The non-mattress products they offer make up 17 percent of their online sales in 2017 - Leesa offers a blanket and Tuft & Needle offers a pillow. While small, this product diversification has contributed to Casper’s lead.
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