NY TEXTILES MARKET PEOPLE PIX April, 2006 Our British friend Ian Wallace, managing director of Forte Cloth in England, stopped by to say hello to Rugnews.com and Joan Catello, vice president of sales at Kas. Safavieh's newly designed showroom on Madison Ave. was full of both furniture and rugs. Showing off the new products, left to right: Dick Miller, head of Safavieh's new wholesale furniture operation; Safavieh principals Cyrus Yaraghi and Arash Yaraghi, and Yervant Varjabedian, regional sales manager. Steve Mazarakis, president of Hellenic Rug Imports and Pat O'Farrell, senior vp of sales and marketing for Hellenic Canada. Mark Ferullo, senior vp, and Tom Morris, northeast regional sales vp for 828 International Trading. Steve Couri, president of Majestic Rug Co. Gulben Asku, principal of Concord Global Trading. |