Beter Bed Holding NV - BBED- Profile

Beter Bed Holding NV(BETER BED). The Group's principal activity is to sell mattresses, bed bases, bedroom furnishings and related products. The Group's operations are carried out through seven segments: Matratzen Concord, Beter Bed, Beddendump, DBC, Dormaeel, Interwood/Ecowood and Wasserbetten Discount. The Matratzen Concord segment sells mattresses, bed bases and bedroom textiles to consumers based on a cash & carry concept. The Beter Bed segment offers a chain of bedroom furniture showrooms. The Beddendump segment provides cash and carry formula in the discount segment of the market. The DBC segment develops mattresses made of visco elastic foam. The Dormaeel Slaapkamers segment is a franchise chain of eight stores focuses on the upper segment of the Dutch bedroom furniture specialist market. The Interwood and Ecowood segment are the manufacturing plants in Poland that produce primarily solid wood furniture. Wasserbetten Discount combines Beter Bed's waterbed range with Matratzen Concord. Matratzen acctd for 55% of 2005 revs; Beter bed, 37%; DBC, 3%; Beddendump, 3%; El gigante 1%; Dormaeel, 1% & Wasserbetten, nom.