FILE PHOTO: Mattress Firm employees Nick Gladson (left) and Nik Brym (center) carry mattresses through the terminal at St. Louis Lambert International Airport as they walk with the USO's Sara Colvin ...

The largest U.S. mattress retailer, Mattress Firm, said Friday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection so it can take steps to strengthen its balance sheet and reshape its store footprint.

Mattress Firm announced today it has filed Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware and plans to close 700 underperforming stores, approximately 200 of which will close within the next few ...

Mattress Firm announced on Friday that it had filed voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. "Mattress Firm is the nation's leading specialty mattress ...