EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 CONTACT:  Tammy Nystuen (763) 551-7496
                                                Select Comfort Corporation
                                                tamara.nystuen@selectcomfort.com


                 SELECT COMFORT REACHES AGREEMENT TO CLOSE LEASED DEPARTMENTS
                          AT BED, BATH & BEYOND STORES

MINNEAPOLIS - (April 11, 2005) - Select Comfort Corporation (NASDAQ: SCSS), the
nation's leading bed retailer and creator of the Sleep Number(R) bed, today
announced that it has reached an agreement with Bed, Bath & Beyond to
discontinue the leased department program, which currently includes nine retail
stores. Select Comfort will phase out and close these departments in the second
quarter of 2005.

        "The leased department program with Bed, Bath & Beyond was an early
element in our distribution strategies, and the relationship has been beneficial
for both companies over the past five years," said Keith Spurgeon, senior vice
president and general manager, Select Comfort. "However, upon further review of
Select Comfort's long-term sales goals, a mutual decision was made to
discontinue the relationship. Sales in our leased department locations
represented approximately 1 percent of sales in 2004, and we do not anticipate
these closings will have an impact on earnings moving forward. Our distribution
expansion plans are on track to open up to 40 new stores in 2005, and we expect
to end the year with between 390 and 395 stores."

ABOUT SELECT COMFORT
Founded in 1987, Select Comfort Corporation is the nation's leading bed
retailer(1), holding 32 U.S. issued or pending patents for its personalized
sleep products. The company designs, manufactures and markets a line of
adjustable-firmness mattresses featuring air-chamber technology, branded the
Sleep Number(R) bed, as well as foundations and sleep accessories. Select
Comfort's products are sold through its 370 retail stores located nationwide,
through selected bedding retailers; through its national direct marketing
operations; and on the Internet at www.selectcomfort.com.

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(1)     TOP 25 BEDDING RETAILERS, FURNITURE TODAY, MAY 24, 2004.


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financial results or performance are forward-looking statements that are subject
to certain risks and uncertainties including, among others, such factors as
general and industry economic trends; uncertainties arising from global events,
consumer confidence, effectiveness of our advertising and promotional efforts;
our ability to secure suitable retail locations; our ability to attract and
retain qualified sales professionals and other key employees; consumer
acceptance of our products, product quality, innovation and brand image; our
ability to continue to expand and improve our product line; industry
competition; warranty expenses; the outcome of pending litigation, including
consumer class action litigation; our dependence on significant suppliers, and
the vulnerability of any suppliers to inflationary pressures, labor
negotiations, liquidity concerns or other factors; rising commodity costs; and
increasing government regulations, including new flammability standards for the
bedding industry. Additional information concerning these and other risks and
uncertainties is contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other periodic reports
filed with the SEC. The company has no obligation to publicly update or revise
any of the forward-looking statements that may be in this news release.


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