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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CARPET SHOW
Grows in Importance Every Year

Turabi Topal of Turabi Rugs in Seattle, with Denise Kruc
of Woven Legends.


Tamarian's Ned Baker gets nice and cosy with Monica Foster, a New York City Interior Designer.

Drew Carlson of Endless Knot and Charles Kalison of Concepts International.

Dennis Dodds, right, NYICS owner and organizer, greets old pal Michael George. Blast-from-the-past Michael is a noted rug designer who has been out of the industry for a few years. But he says he's getting ready to come back!

Michael Harounian of Ebisons Harounian with Caitlin McVarish of Apadana Connecticut.

Edward Verdieve of Pasargad. Pasargad rugs are now appearing in the Museum of Modern Art's  as a backdrop for the Slavs and Tatars Exhibit running through Dec. 10, 2012. (Full story on Pasargad's participation, click here.)

 
 Chuck Cashin of Amici, a first-time exhibitor at NYICS.

Dennis Dodds, left, NYICS owner and organizer with Carol Sebert, Donna Hastings and Abigail Williams of Creative Matters.

Business Report from the NYICS,
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Kim Nyman of  Home Decorator's Collection of The Home Depot, Atlanta, has a Martha chat with Arash Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieh.

Jeff Forwood, Nourison's northeast regional manager,
with Elaine and Mark Plansky, Heritage Carpet, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Rafi Amirian of Shalom Brothers
 

The Rug Show @ Javits

At Due Process Stable Trading, from left: Fouad Mafuz of Persian Rug Gallery, Nashua, NH; Raymond Albed, Albed Rugs, Philadelphia; Sy Mafuz of Persian Rug Gallery, and David Grasse, president of Due Process.

Max Moussavi and Eddie Simantob of Art Resources.
Ramin Mobayen of Mobayen and
Akbar Azad of Azad Rugs

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At Kas: Steve Roan, second left, newly-named vp of sales and maketing for Kas and Wendy Reiss, right, Kas key accounts manager, greet Laura and Joe Mascari of Joe Mascari's Carpet's & Rugs, Allentown, PA.

At Surya:  Mark Gonsenhauser, center, of Mark Gonsenhauser's Oriental Rug & Carpet Superstore, Virginia Beach, VA., joins Kurt Von de Bur, Surya vice president of national accounts, and Seth King, Surya vice president of sales and marketing.

Joe Moshy, left, territory manager for Safavieh, with Joseph Stern, president of Boro Rug & Carpet Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY. Joseph brought greetings from dad Herman Stern. We go back over 30 years with our good pal Herman.

These two dudes with cool eyewear are Fari Pakzad of Ebanista in Costa Mesa, CA and Lee Harounian a principal of Harounian Rugs International.

Grey Christie, northern regional vice president of Kaleen,
with Joe Barkley, Kaleen's executive vice president.

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Igor Yakovenko of Air Base, based in New Castle, DE, with Hari Tummala. executive vice president of Kas.

Matthew Rouhanian, president of Dynamic Rugs, with the company's super-hot Heritage viscose collection.

Steve Stultz, vice president of sales and John McLeod,
ceo of American Green Rug.

At Surya: Prachi Gupta, product design and development manager, and Autumn Rutledge, senior e-commerce analyst.

At L.R. Resources, from left: Johnny Mendez, Melissa Johnson, Joe Gray and Krishna Laddha.

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At Loloi, from left: Amir Loloi, founder and president of Loloi; Byron Knatterud, merchandise for Mason Companies, Chippewa Falls, WI; Lori Grissler, vp of sourcing for Mason Companies. and Karen Ellman, Loloi sales agent.

At Shaw Living:  Jeff Brown, divisional vice president; Jim Curtin, vice president of sales, and Shane Watson, territory manager.

Ron Couri, left, helps welcome Better Trends, a new
braided rug resource. The Better Trends team includes Aashish Vij, president of Better Trends and director of marketing for Pan Overseas, the Indian parent company; Rahul Vij, vice president of Better Trends; showroom designer Victor Hollingsworth, and Evan Couri,  Better Trends sales manager. A full story on Better Trends will be posted on Rugnews.com soon.

At Rizzy Rug & Home, from left: Sales manager Harris Klein; vice president Mark Ferullo; company principal Rizwan Ansari and sales agent Ignazio Baggetta.

We'll be seeing you again soooooon!
Cyrus Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieih, and Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, say bye for now. See you next month in High Point!

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Oriental Weavers Big Apple Bash
Honors new 10,000+ Sq. Ft. Showroom
at 295 Fifth Ave.

Wendy Fried, left, president of G. Fried in Westbury, NY
and Mike Riley, president of Oriental Weavers sip a couple of OW's signature Appletinis at grand opening party for OW's new 10,000 sq. ft. showroom on the seventh floor of 295 Fifth Ave.

Dave Mink, center, ceo of the Mink Organization, which runs the Macy's rug departments coast-to-coast, shares smiles with Oriental Weavers' Sam Belak, left, and Pat Muschamp.

Maria Metroupolis-Ward, vice president of national accounts for OW, with Kim Nyman of Home Decorator's Collection of The Home Depot, Atlanta

Merle Johnson, left, vp of national accounts for Oriental Weavers and Kelly Sosso, buyer for Gordmans, Omaha, NE.

Patty Huang, senior vp of marketing and merchandising for Mink with Brad Finkelstein of Oriental Weavers.

 Andy Brumlow, left, vice president of product development for Oriental Weavers of America; Susan Fischetti of Manhattan Properties, which manages 295 Fifth Ave., and Aaron Gray, director of marketing for Oriental Weavers.

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NOURISON HOSTS BIG APPLE PARTY

Rug buyers wouldn't miss a Nourison party. From left, Alex Peykar, a principal of Nourison, Maria Conrad, Bloomingdale's rug buyer and Gilbert Cavaliero, vice president and divisional merchandise manager for Bloomingdale's.

Nourison's Julie Rosenblum, left, and Ron Gianpiccolo welcome Carolyn Walsh of RueLaLa, Boston.

Gavin Mandelbaum, left, of Linens N Things, San Diego (yes!), with Nourison vp Andrew Peykar.

Jeff Forwood, Nourison regional manager, left, with Alex Hosseinnia of Dallas Rugs, Dallas.

Here's the gang from K.A. Mennnendian, Columbus, OH, from left: Brent Martin, Chad Martin, Megan Hirsch and Michael Wolf. Nourison's William Barlage is on the far right.
 

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