BAD TIMES CAN'T DIM THE SMILES
OF ATLANTA MARKET PEOPLE

At Couristan: Steve Codella, left, Couristan senior vp and
 Julie Jones, Couristan territory rep, right, greet  Marc
Martorano, vp of carpet and related products, and Dana
 Ebel, area rug product manager of  Avalon Carpet Tile & Flooring, Cherry Hill, NJ.

At Amer Rugs, from left: Dileep Singh, newly named sales manager Gerald Williams; general manager Mehmood Salam, Shobhit Mehrotra, and sales agent Mark Bemis.
 

Doug Cahill, left, and Allen Anderson of Anderson's in Hattiesburg, MS. Allen tells us that although the company is challenged by the economy, "We're here to make sure we're fresh when the consumer comes back into the stores. Retailers who aren't been able to refresh their assortments will be the ones who are in trouble as we come out of the recession."

Discussing Oriental Weavers' new rug pad line are, from left, OW's Woody Woodrum, Mike Kishline and David Kishline. Mike is president of Emphasis on Rugs in Evansville, IN, and Dad David is executive assistant.

Gil Kemp, left, president of Home Decorators Collection,
St. Louis, MO, with Mike Riley, president of
Oriental Weavers of America.

Jim Bennight, left, of Flooring America in Tallahassee, with Steve Bright, territory manager for Couristan.

DUE PROCESS PARTY
HONORS NEW TUFTS COLLECTION
WITH KRAVET CARPET

David Grasse, right, welcomes Bruce Solomon and Harris Cohen of Country Carpet, Syosset, NY. The party launched the new Tufts collection, which Due Process is marketing in cooperation with Kravet Carpet.

Nicholas Lomangino, vice president of floor covering for Kravet Carpets, center, with the ever-upbeat twosome of Sy Mahfuz, left, and Steve Boodakian, right. Mahfuz and Boodakian are partners in the MERA consulting group. Mahfuz is also the owner of Persian Rug Galleries in Nashua, NH and Boodakian is  president of KoKo Boodakian & Sons Rugs in Winchester, MA.

Duane Henderson of Due Process, left, with Louis
Tarantino of Carpet Source, Winter Park, FL.

The Gang's all here! Sims Bray, vp and publisher of Veranda magazine, left, and Katie Brockman of Veranda, join the Due Process guys, from second left: Aaron Ward, Duane Henderson, David Grasse, Mike Massman and Joseph Scotto.

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