When was the last time you bought a new mattress? Think about it for a second. You probably don't even remember. You may have no memories of ever even buying one. After all, you have probably been sleeping on your current mattress for most of your life. I mean, mattresses should last a long time. It's not like you need to get a new one very often. However, if I were to ask you to name the first mattress store that you could think of, you would almost without a doubt, with very little hesitation, say "Mattress Firm."

Why? Because Mattress Firm stores are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. There seems to be one on practically every corner and in every shopping center if not more than one. I've seen two of them right across the street from each other, and even three within way too small of a radius. People just don't need to buy mattresses very often. We don't need anywhere near the amount of Mattress Firms that exist. How can it possibly be profitable for them to operate that many stores? It doesn't make sense. They cannot be selling enough mattresses to justify the number of stores they have. There has to be something else going on with this overly saturated chain of mattress stores. I don't know what it is, but here are five possibilities.