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Ray Ehsani, left, Loloi executive director of sales and Loloi rep Lori Rejebian, right, with the creative team at Rene Mendoza Interiors of Palm Springs, CA: Ray Mendoza, Craig Tozzi and Tom Classon.

Sam Belak of Oriental Weavers Sphinx with Elizabeth Tauscher and Joe Noonan of CSN Stores, Boston.

Capel's Tami Watros, left, and Cameron Capel, right, welcome Andrea Price and Angela Menendez of
Garnet Hill, Franconia, NH.

Cyrus Yaraghi, left, and Yervant Varjabedian, right, of Safavieh, with newlyweds Lily and Bijan Farrokhi of Rug Palace, San Diego.

Opening day at Momeni: national accounts manager Stephen Hoberman, left, and Reza Momeni, right, with Jodi Visser and Ashley Perry, buyers for Furniture Row, the Denver-based chain.

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At Jaipur, from left: Archana Chaudhary, Jaipur coo; Michael Mehrizi of Furniture by Designers, Charlotte, NC, and Jaipur marketing manager Jason Moody.
 

At Kas: Vern Anderson, left, of Sutherland Lumber Co.,
Kansas City, with Kas sales rep Kathy Ranieri.

Nourison's director of furniture store sales Jeff Gonzalez, left, with Imran Dhedhi, newly-named  Nourison account executive. Dhedhi previously worked in Nourison's Zurich office. Now he's based in northern California.


Even when the temperature is over 100 degrees F, the plaza at the World Market Center provides shady spots and welcoming seating areas for market-goers who want to take a little break from business. Refreshing complimentary refreshments are served all day, adding to the hospitable atmosphere.

Satya Tiwari, left, president of Surya, with Donald
Dilliplane, buyer for Art Van Furniture, Warren, MI

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At Feizy's "Mystique" Party, from left: Northeast Territory manager Greg Wronski; Janet Gorringe of Inspired Living stores, Twin Falls, ID; Sales VP Cameron Feizy, and boss-man John Feizy, founder and chairman of Feizy.


Enjoying the Feizy Mystique party arehome-town guys Muzaffar Kirmani and Jason Schuck of  K&S Associates,
Las Vegas.

Designer Emma Gardner, center, was on hand to meet and greet Chandra customers and officially kick off the Emma at Home rug collection. She is shown here with Chandra Tiwari, left, founder and president of Chandra Rugs, and  Ravi Tiwari, vice president of Chandra.

Couristan's Bella Ross, left, and Steve Codella, right, welcome Elizabeth Tauscher and Joe Noonan of CSN Stores, Boston. Hard-working Liz and Joe covered plenty of ground in Las Vegas. We ran into them in lots of rug showrooms.

Satya Tiwari, left, president of Surya, with Eric Nyman, company sales analyst.

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Josh Roberts , vice president of sales and marketing for Jaipur, left, greets Michelle Thompson, area rug buyer, and Bruce Odette, president of the Carpet Exchange, Denver.

Lucy and John Murse of Rugs as Art, Sarasota, FL, get a
 big hug from our guy Bud Wyman, head husband at Rugnews.com. The Murses were long-time Rug-Hold
customers of Bud's and we had lots of pleasant dinners together during the Wymans' Sarasota incarnation.

Tamara Bartley, left, northern California sales specialist for Karastan, with Steve Roan, vice president of  the Karastan rug division of Mohawk Home.

Jeff Greenwell, sales agent for Jaunty with Kim Neilsen,
 $99 Furniture Outlet, Salt Lake City, UT.
 

We LOVE being surrounded by men, especially if they're handsome devils like the Dynamic guys, from left: Sales manager Tim Schantz, president Matthew Rouhanian, and Jon Morrison, vp of marketing. The chick in the middle is, of course, Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com.

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Liora Manne, left, head designer for Trans-Ocean, greets
Terri Anderson, buyer for Pier One Imports, Ft/ Worth, TX.

At Rizzy Rug & Home: Todd Williams of Select Rugs.Com,
left, with Rug Doug Ernewein of Rizzy.

Shaw's Guy Gazzilli, left, and vp of sales Jim Curtin, right, greet this delightful bunch from Consignment Home Furnishings, Truckee, CA: Kim Bumen, Laura Freendyke, Jennifer Maccomb, Joyce Nichols and Adriann Lema.

At Karastan, from left: Kevin Welch, midwest regional vp of Karastan; Deloris Edwards and Andie Byrd of Ashley Furniture, Memphis, TN, and Larry Hedrick of Karastan.

Over 120 people took part in the Art of Design Day sponsored by Safavieh with Veranda magazine. Pictured at the event are Arash Yaraghi, a Safavieh principal; designer Suzanne Kasler who is also one of Safavieh's Couture division designers, and Carolyn Englefield editor of Veranda.


Toodle-Doo until New York. Joe Barkley, left, Kaleen's exec vp, joins Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com to say C-Ya at the New York Home Fashions Market in September!
Wait a minute...Kaleen doesn't have a New York Showroom. Well, they will  in September. Look for the official announcement coming soon! 

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