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Louisville Bedding
A "Top of Bed" Innovator
What does
it take to be an industry leader? Innovation is a great
place to start. And the 2006 Home Textiles Today
Business Annual recognized that quality in Louisville
Bedding. The 115 year old manufacturer has been a
leading innovator since 1889, when Samuel D. Cruse found
the company, then known as Louisville Pillow and
Mattress, in Louisville, Kentucky.
For over a century, Louisville Bedding has not only kept
pace with consumers’ needs, but has worked closely with
mattress manufacturers to provide top of bed quality
that works, fits and provides a luxurious feel.
 For example, as pillowtop mattresses became more
popular, Louisville Bedding engineered a product that
would complement the high-end mattress, rather than
overwhelm it. The company introduced a lower fill
mattress pad that was high quality, with a high thread
count, but low loft, so as not to increase the depth nor
detract from the luxury mattress.
And, of course, the oversized mattresses required an
innovation that would accommodate their size. Louisville
Bedding came up with the patented Expand-a-Grip® that
would fit the deeper mattresses and, more importantly,
fit securely.
When knit-top mattresses first came out, Louisville
Bedding was right in step, manufacturing and marketing a
knitted mattress pad that maintained the quality and
feel of the new knit top mattresses. As Scott Walters,
National Merchandise Manager, explains, “It only makes
sense….if you purchase a mattress because of the feel,
why put something on top that will alter that feel?
Instead, we developed something that further enhances
the comfort!”
So, it is easy to see how the largest mattress pad
manufacturer has remained current by being an innovator
in the top-of-bed industry. But, Louisville Bedding was
not content to confine their quality and innovation to
their mattress pads.
Louisville Bedding’s extensive line of pillows
re-entered the market in the mid-90’s. The company
introduced a pocketed coil pillow line that correlated
with the Simmons mattress pocketed coil system. The coil
pillows, originally only in “firm”, has now been
expanded to include a range of comfort levels, one just
right for all types of sleepers, whether they be side,
back or stomach sleepers.
Louisville Bedding’s pillows also boast a range of
proprietary fiber blends, each creating a unique feel
and a specific quality suited to the type of sleeping
position. For example, the “Bounce” fiber offers a
highly resilient fiberfill that stays plumper, loftier,
longer. “Micro-down” has the distinctive feel of feather
and down. According to the manufacturer, Micro-down
comes closest to the natural fiber of any synthetic on
the market.
In an industry of newcomers and dropouts, Louisville
Bedding has honed its skills and products to stay ahead
of the pack, through innovation. Yet, they remain true
to their heritage and traditions through quality.
For more
information about Louisville Bedding, contact:
Scott Walters, National Merchandising Manager
1-800-626-2594 |
