Tempur Sealy agrees to buy Mattress Firm the largest U.S. mattress retailer for $4 billion

on may 9, the global mattress giant tempur sealy international, inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mattress, the largest mattress specialty retailer in the united states, in a cash and stock transaction firm, worth about $4 billion. the transaction consideration includes approximately $2.7 billion in cash and a payment to…