Mattress Firm to close hundreds of stores, including 8 in Baltimore area

Mattress Firm plans to close up to 700 stores — including eight in the Baltimore area — over the next few months as part of a plan to offload debt and repay creditors. The announcement came just hours after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on Friday.In a conference call with landlords for the more than 3,000 Mattress Firm stores across the country, CEO Steve Stagner said the company plans to do an initial round of store closures over the next few day