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9/21/2020
The legendary businessman was well known for his business successes, philanthropy and efforts to bring new industries and opportunities to the people of Egypt.
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8/20/2020
Company to continue its support for the Christopher Guy Area Rug Collection license and partnership after design industry icon's passing.
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8/19/2020
The British designer founded his eponymous international furnishings brand Christopher Guy in 1993.
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8/14/2020
The longtime Dynamic Rugs vice president of sales and marketing died suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020
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7/1/2020
A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Textile Surface Design, she joined Safavieh in 2006 as a rug designer.
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2/22/2020
After beginning his career as a buyer for Filene's, Burnham, he went on to found Central Oriental in the mid-1980s
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2/5/2020
Legendary antique rug dealer Doris Leslie Blau, who founded her eponymous gallery in 1965, has died.
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1/17/2020
The president of Mobayen Rugs in Beverly Hills, California, he went on to found The Rug Show.
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9/27/2019
Francis Salem Eways, Sr., "Frank", 80, of Charlottesville, Virginia, passed away on Sept. 12, 2019.
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7/6/2019
Longtime Karastan sales executive William "Bill" Roach died on June 26, 2019 at Grand Strand North Hospital in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.
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5/13/2019
Longtime Karastan sales executive William "Bill" Roach died on June 26, 2019 at Grand Strand North Hospital in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.
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3/2/2019
Longtime floor covering industry sales executive John S. McGeary III, 57, died at home here on February 27, 2019.
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1/25/2019
Couristan sadly announces the death of its cherished long-time sales executive Stephen Finkelstein.
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5/27/2018
Rug industry icon John Graham of Chicago, Illinois and Boca Raton, Florida, who established Oriental Weavers' presence in the U.S. and served as its president until his retirement in 2002, passed away on May 25, 2018 at the age of 90.
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12/31/2017
John C. Portman, Jr., one of Atlanta's greatest champions, and developer and designer of AmericasMart among numerous other international projects, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 93.
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10/17/2017
Two-time ORIA president and industry veteran Nasser Rahmanan has died. Rahmanan was the president of hand-woven rug importer Masterlooms.
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2/3/2017
Jim Swan, a veteran sales representative in the rug industry, died on Jan. 26, 2017.
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1/9/2017
Michel "Mickey" V. Morren, a 50-year veteran of the rug industry, passed away Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, at Robert Wood University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ.
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1/3/2017
Mr. Vahan Pedian, icon in the hard-surface flooring industry for 60 years as a partner in Pedian Rug Company, died Dec. 23, 2016 after a long-fought battle with cancer.
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10/20/2016
Rug industry veteran, Jim Minter, passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 6, 2016 in Myrtle Beach, S.C. at the age of 67.