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10/15/2012

Celebrity Meet and Greets Add Energy to High Point

CELEB MEET AND GREETS ADD
ENERGY TO HIGH POINT MARKET

Designer Barclay Butera with Alex Peykar,
a principal of Nourison.

 


Arash Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieh,
with designer Thom Filicia.


Designer Genevieve Gorder spent a full day visiting with Capel customers. Here she is with Allen Robertson, Capel sales manager, and retailer Angie Lowry, Decorating Den, Smithfield, VA.


Artist Bob Timberlake, second left, was on hand to meet and greet market visiors at the Shaw Living space. The jolly group includes, from left, Ed Botkin, Merit Furniture, Lexington, KY; Bob Timberlake; Jim Curtin vp of sales for Shaw Living and Rick Mueser, Shaw regional sales.

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The Murse family visits Rizzy Home, from left: Jesse Murse, Lucy Murse; Rizzy Home principal Rizwan Ansari; John Murse and Matthew Murse. The Murse family owns Rugs as Art in Sarasota, FL.


 Bill and Karen May of People's Furniture, Bedford, VA
get a tour of the Kas line from sales rep Tommy Johnson.


Sam Belak, left, and Steve Hubbard, right, of Sphinx by Oriental Weavers, greet Mark Christian of Esprit Decor of Chesapeake, VA.


Keith Arlinghause, left, of Loloi, with Craig Hansen of MLH Designs, DesMoines.


 At LR Resources, from left: Collette Cochran of LR; Krishna Laddha of LR; Holly Lightfoot of Weekends Only, St. Louis, and Daren Kozlowski of LR.


At Kaleen: Heather Hernandez and Julia Rehs Byers of Brazos Valley Floor & Design, College Station, TX

 

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 Hillary Sullivan, center, buyer for Gilt Groupe, New York, NY, with Momeni's Hadi Satari, right, and Reza Momeni.


Chandra Tiwari, left, founder and president of Chandra Rugs, with Shauna Snyder, director of accents and accessories for the Furniture First buying group, based in Harrisburg, PA.
 


At Horizon Home Imports, from left: Shahzeb Alem of Horizon Home Imports; Aliza Spendell and Anita Buchheim of RoomAntics, Fairfax Station, VA, and Zubair Alem of Horizon Home Imports.


Steve Forberg, left,  of Decorium, Toronto, joins Ankush Gupta, president of Hellenic Canada. Hellenic has just released its new product catalog.
 


At Loloi: Jane Aguirre, center, of Loloi, welcomes Luis Osorio, left, and Fernando Osorio of Movette, McAllen, TX.


Ariana Rugs was the featured Afghan rug maker at the High Point exhibit of the U.S. Department of Commerce Afghan Trade Initiative, which features the Sheep to Shop program for Afghan carpets. From left: Ahmad Ahmadi of Ariana; Emma Robinson, business and indusry specialist for the DOC's Afghan Reconstruction Task Force; William Timbelson and Michelle Bailey of William G. Interiors, Tampa.


Asha Chaudhary, center, ceo of Jaipur Rugs, welcomes the gang from Rugs Direct, Winchester, VA. From left: Adrienne Wooddell, Bill Martin, Chaudhary, Randy Kremer and Rex Creekmur.
 

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Michelle Hiznay, Oriental Weavers Sphinx, welcomes Elaine Minter, rug gallery manager for Furnitureland South; Jamestown, NC, and  Mary John Minter, associate rug department manager of Furnitureland South.


Enjoying the festivities at Jaipur's Black & White gala are, left to right,  Jaipur vp of sales and marketing Josh Roberts; Kavita Chaudhary, Jaipur head of product and design, and N.K. Chaudhary, founder of Jaipur. Kevita and N.K. were in High Point on a special trip from India.


 Kaleen execs Monty Rathe, left, and Joe Barkley, right, with retailers Regina Butz and Patricia Flowe of PJS Designs, Charlotte, NC.


Chandra sales manager  Michael Heath with Giang Nguyen, Vietrade, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. High Point attracts visitors from all over the world.


Steve Mazarakis, head of the Linon Rug division of Linon, with Mike Rollando, buyer for Tuesday Morning, Dallas.


These ladies took Jaipur's request to dress in black and white seriously: from left: Shaun Novak and Julie Novak  of To Market, Two Market, Wilmington, NC, and Melissa Eldredge of Jaipur.

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 Mike Wolfe, center, of Safavieh, welcomes Trey Martinet and Mary Jo Camp from Lowe's in Mooresville, NC.


Caitlin Clark, left, and Kathy Leffler, right,  of Buy Now or Never, St. Louis, join Sadi Sevimli of Tayse Rugs. Buy Now or Never got an important boost by being named in People Magazine's Style Watch.


 At Surya, from left: Pam Reilman of Surya; Leigh Davis of House of France, Cincinnati, Satya Tiwari, president of Surya, and Bill France, president of House of France, Cincinnati.


 Kipp Livingston, who represents Momeni in New England, with Susan A. Tuttle and Jennifer Meincke of Surrounding in Orleans, MA. Happy Big Birthday to Kipp on Oct. 19, 2012!


At Trans Ocean: Carmen Herndon, center, buyer for Ballard Designs, Atlanta, visits with Trans Ocean's Liora Manne, left, and Randy Watts.

 

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At Safavieh: Jonathon Yaraghi, second left, and
Yervant Varjabedian, second right, welcome international guests Alberto Alonso Durand, left, and Paulino Alonso Martin, right, of Grupo Grancasa, Madrid.

 


At Feizy: Dale Swearingen, vp of sales, left, with John Whorton, Feizy regional sales manager.


At Due Process Stable Trading, from left: Steve McCusker, territory sales; Mike Massman, vp of national sales, and David Grasse, president of Due Process.


Julie Rosenblum, Nourison executive director of brand licensing, left, and Nourison licensing partner Barclay Butera say "So long for awhile!" See you next time in 2013.

 

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