All EuroParcs holiday homes will be fitted in phases with EuroParcs Exclusive by M line products from June 2022. The special collection consists of M line box springs and mattresses and is intended for both new and existing homes. DBC and EuroParcs have been partners since 2018 and have made ultimate sleeping comfort for guests their joint top priority. With the rollout of this exclusive collection, both parties are reinforcing each other's international growth ambitions. Koen Hoefakker,...
EBIA members collectively sign Sleep Manifesto to raise public sleep awareness The quality of sleep is under pressure: while adults need an average of seven to eight hours of sleep for optimum health and well-being, more than 1 out of 3 people get less than six hours of sleep every night. This can have major consequences, for example fatigue is the main cause of driver errors in 20% of road accidents. Moreover, insufficient sleep leads to chronic health problems, such as diabetes, obesity, heart...
Beter Bed, part of Beter Bed Holding N.V. - the Netherlands’ largest sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B - has again won prestigious retail awards. At the ABN AMRO head office in Amsterdam, Beter Bed won the ‘ABN AMRO Best Retail Chain of the Netherlands’ award and the ‘ABN AMRO Best Webshop Award’. Both prizes are public awards in the ‘Bedroom Furnishings’ category. From 19 May to up and including 28 July, 303,622 consumers voted for their favourite webshop and retail...
With the aim of helping Dutch people get a better night's rest, Beter Bed has launched a manifesto for improving sleep. Sleep deprivation can affect your body, brain and life expectancy. Matthew Walker, an internationally renowned sleep scientist and author of 'Why We Sleep' and TEDx speaker with more than 16 million views, recognises the problem and supports the manifesto with his first signature. Shaking the Netherlands awake Sleeping well makes you happier, more productive and healthier. One...
DBC (Dutch Bedding Company) International has signed a partnership agreement for the representation of the international Simmons brand. The distribution agreement enables DBC International to distribute the Generation and Beautyrest collections of Simmons in the Netherlands and Flanders. DBC International, the wholesale division of Beter Bed Holding, is primarily known for the premium brand M line. A high-quality collection of mattresses, pillows and box springs developed for everyone who wants...
Bedroom specialist Beter Bed is proud to announce that neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker will be speaking on its event to raise awareness of the importance of good and sufficient sleep. Along with healthy eating and sufficient exercise, a good night’s sleep is one of the most important conditions for staying healthy as you get older. Research by Beter Bed shows that although a large part of Dutch people recognise the importance of a good night’s sleep, they hardly ever act on...
Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) – the Netherlands’ leading sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B – today announced its results for the second quarter and first half year ended 30 June 2022. Highlights first half 2022 Sales growth of +15.6% to € 112.4 million (H1 2021: € 97.2 million) with gross profit increase of +12.6% to € 61.2 million. Continued performance with Compound Annual Growth Rate over H1 2019 to H1 2022 (CAGR) of +9.5% in sales and +9.7% in order intake. EBITDA and...
Boxspring Configurator_social_1200x628 Boxspring Configurator_social_1200x628 Latest real-time 3D rendering techniques deliver stunningly realistic images Beter Bed is launching an online configurator offering high-quality 3D visualisations that allows customers to put together their new box spring. Thanks to the latest real-time 3D rendering techniques, every choice the customer makes is instantly visible, down to the smallest detail. With this innovation Beter Bed is optimising the customer...
During the 20 th Shopping Awards Gala in Hotel Huis ter Duin yesterday evening (7 June) mattress supplier M line, a brand of Beter Bed Holding’s DBC International, won a golden award for the best webshop in the category Sleep. Top performance does not come by itself Dennis Touw, E-commerce manager of M line: “Over the past year, our webshop has taken big steps. One of the key pillars is always how we can optimally present our range of products. The M line webshop has developed strongly in...
Beter Bed is working hard to develop its strategic positioning as a market-leading sleep specialist. This transition is based on a solid culture of innovation and experimentation. Thijs Nootenboom, responsible for E-commerce at Beter Bed, regards the nomination as recognition of the steps Beter Bed has taken in experimenting and creating a sustainable innovation infrastructure. Experimentation as a mindset At the heart of this successful innovation culture is the experimentation programme...
Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) – the Netherlands’ largest sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B – held its 2022 Annual General Meeting (AGM) today. BBH is pleased to announce that all resolutions , including the 2021 financial statements and dividend proposal , were adopted. The AGM presentation as well as the voting results will be published on www.beterbedholding.com . Dividend BBH has made significant progress on its revised strategy, as announced in May 2021. The continued strong...
Highlights first quarter Sales increased by 38.6% compared with Q1 2021 to € 60.5 million with strong performance across all businesses. Like-for-like order intake increased by 40.5% over the first quarter mainly driven by mandatory store closures. Online sales amounted to a 21.0% channel share. Order book increased to € 19.5 million per end Q1 2022, up 11.3% versus Q1 last year. Performance well above pre-COVID levels with sales CAGR of 9.7% and order intake CAGR of 8.5% compared with Q1...
We’re all different and we all have different requirements where sleep is concerned. That makes choosing the right mattress no easy matter. And a lot of people don’t know whether they actually prefer a hard or soft mattress or something in between. Beter Bed aims to help! By screening customers and letting them feel for themselves what a good night’s sleep means, the ‘ Beter Slapen ID ’ system takes just a few minutes to provide an independent mattress recommendation based on the...
Today, Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) – the Netherlands’ largest sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B – has published the notice and agenda for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on Wednesday, 11 May 2022. Further information on the AGM is available on the company’s website www.beterbedholding.com . During the AGM, BBH will look back on the results achieved over 2021, and update the shareholders on the current developments. 2021 began and concluded with temporary store...
Today, Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) – the Netherlands’ largest sleep specialist in retail, wholesale and B2B – publishes its results for the full year 2021. Highlights Growth in revenue and EBITDA leading to a total net profit of € 13.9 million, up 75% compared to € 7.9 million in 2020. Continued strong performance with compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over FY 2019 to FY 2021 of 12.5% in both sales and order intake. Resilience and adaptability resulted in a solid 2.4% overall growth...
Complete switch to green energy Today – ‘ Green Energy Day 2022’ – Beter Bed is announcing that it has switched entirely to green electricity at all its sites in the Netherlands. From now on, the sleep expert’s head office, distribution centres, and more than 100 stores will all use only electricity generated by wind power from European wind farms. This switch to green energy is in line with the ambition of the parent company Beter Bed Holding (BBH) to become fully climate-neutral by...
A good night's sleep is the basis for top-class performance. That is why M line, Official Supplier of TeamNL ensures that the TeamNL athletes can once again have their own M line mattresses and pillows during the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. M line mattresses are known for pressure-reducing characteristics, so that muscles can recover optimally during the night. Since its foundation in 2001, M line has been inextricably linked with top-class sport. It goes without saying that...
Highlights Outperformance continues despite COVID-19 challenges and related limitations in store openings Q4 sales amount to € 60.6 million (+6.3%) with improvements across all businesses, resulting in € 214.2 million (+3.3%) for the full year Online sales for the full year up 55.9%, leading to an overall channel share of 23.4% for the full year Continued growth in order intake in Benelux (+0.2% like-for-like) and New Business (+11.6% like-for-like) in Q4 Order intake growth leads to a...
Beter Bed Holding N.V. (BBH) – t he Netherlands' largest sleep specialist – announces that at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of today the shareholders adopted the only voting item on the agenda to reappoint Mr A.J.G.P.M. Kruijssen as CEO and member of the Management Board . The reappointment is for a period up an d until the end of the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2026 . The reappointment was adopted with 99.86% of the votes. The voting results will be published on the...
S leep sp ecialist Beter Bed has officially open ed its first experience store at Sontplein in Groningen , the Netherlands . The opening of the experience store is in line with the strategy presented earlier this year to solidif y its brick - and - mortar base by adding new store formats into its current store format portfolio. Th e new sleep e xperience store format is packed with innovation and provides customer s with tailored sleep advice in order to sleep better and as a result wake up...