april 27 reuters  a decline in discretionary income and consumer confidence due to record inflation is likely to dent revenue of us premium mattress makers who are already struggling to sustain the demand seen during the peak of the pandemic industry leader tempur sealy international inc tpxn which saw its sales soar through the early months of lockdowns as people upgraded their home furnishing is expected to grow at a slower pace than the past six quarters the slowdown is thanks to the infrequent nature of bedding product purchases record inflation and a fall in us home sales due to high mortgage rates inflation was high gas prices increased  so the overall macro coupled with lower consumer confidence domestically is essentially causing the slowdown in a lot of these bigticket discretionary items ubs analyst atul maheshwari said smaller rival sleep number corp snbro reported weakerthanexpected revenue and profit last week as it grappled with delayed supply of semiconductors used in making its smart mattresses and a drop in demand the company also cut its profit forecast for 2022 after demand in march came in less than its expectations following the beginning of the war in ukraine analysts also tip peer purple innovation inc prplo to follow suit and trim its outlook tempur sealy which is reporting its firstquarter earnings on thursday has also delayed the launch of a new line of products to next year still some industry experts said that tempur sealys betterestablished supply chain and pricing power would help the company have an edge over its other publicly traded rivals tempur sealy is a bestinclass performer in terms of just their execution and strong relationships with wholesalers  a highquality firm that has done the right things to position itself for growth bofa global research analyst curtis nagle said  analysts polled by refinitiv expect tempur sealy to report a 153 increase in revenue for the first quarter with its north america division which accounts for more than fourfifths of its revenue posting the smallest growth in seven quarters  earnings per share they expect will decline 55 from a year earlier to 60 cents marking the first decline in nearly two years reporting by praveen paramasivam in bengaluru editing by sweta singh and maju samuel