If was an "if only" kind of year for fhe top of bed category. Consumers buoyed by higher savings and the spring 2021 infusion of federal stimulus payments were still home-focused and shopping accordingly. So demand was hot, but the supply chain was not, sometimes leading to months-long delays in deliveries.To be fair, comparisons were up against explosive sales growth of 16 in 2020, when category sales at retail came in just shy of $6 billion. Although 2021 growth pulled back into a more normal year-over-year cadence - up 1.8 - it managed to push sales over the line to $6.1 billion."Last year was an anomaly. Supply chain issues certainly impacted sales negatively, but we had lots of factors driving business as well - stimulus money, more time spent working from home, nowhere to spend disposable income other than purchases because restaurants, shows and travel were all off-limits," said Rosie Iglesias, senior vice president of sales, Mainstream International. "Supply chain and freight costs are further impacting the business this year because the positive factors that influenced last year's business are no longer there."
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