ATLANTA MARKET PEOPLE PIX
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Toasting the New Year: Bijan Farrokhi, left, and Mansour Moayeri of The Rug Palace, San Diego.

Bill Ward, center, president of Halvai, a new hand knot rug specialist, with staff execs Jane Fisher and Andrea Alari. In addition to importing high end rugs, a Halvai retail store is planned for New York's trendy SoHo shopping district.

Ravi Tiwari, exec vp of Chandra Rugs, with Bill Heise, left and John Gieseke, owners of Wilford & Lee in Ft. Myers, FL. Bill and John told us that business is challenging in Florida, but 2008 has started on a positive note.


Leon Capel, a principal of Capel, Inc. with newly-elected Capel president, Bruce Hric. Capel spends a lot of time traveling now, while Hric runs the show. But Capel can't seem to stay away from Atlanta Market.


This beautiful group of smiling  faces are part of the reason that Jaipur is one of the hottest companies in the import business. The Chaudhary sibling are, from left to right, Yogesh, Archana, Asha and Kavita. Yogesh and Kavita are based in India, while Archana and Asha headquarter in Atlanta.


At Sphinx: Brenda Moerschall, head of the rug division of Floors, Inc., Dallas, with Steve Trueman of Oriental Weavers Sphinx. Trueman recently received the Sphinx
 "Rookie of the Year" Award.

Rizzy opened its new showroom with a lot of fanfare and plenty of customers. Jack Freed, center, of American Furniture  in Albuquerque, NM, joins Rizwan Ansari, left, and Mark Ferullo of Rizzy Rugs.

At Surya: Satya Tiwari, president; Jeff Gonzalez, vice president of sales, and Surya Tiwari, chairman. Surya is sporting his lucky Rugnews.com baseball cap, of course.

Roshan Bhattarai, left, president of Paramount Rugs, with Jim Bennight, Flooring America, Tallahassee, FL.

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