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Order allowing Tempur-Mattress Firm merger targets 'premium' US mattress market

( February 5, 2025, 00:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US District Judge Charles Eskridge today issued his opinion on the Tempur Sealy-Mattress Firm merger after his brief denial Friday of a Federal Trade Commission move to put the $4 billion purchase on hold. "The record doesn’t support the requested finding of a relevant antitrust product market with respect to 'premium' mattresses," he wrote.  "Nor does it suggest that the subject merger is likely to substantially lessen competition." The merger’s "effect here (like most vertical mergers) is instead likely to be either neutral or procompetitive, with the cumulative effect of certain remedial commitments attendant to the merger reasonably addressing any lingering concerns."See attached file....

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