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Oct. 2013
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At Oriental Weavers, the Pantone wall of color brings home  the color excitement that dominates the industry. OW's Pantone licensing project is one of the biggest in years. Lori Greene, center, Sheely Furniture & Appliance, North Lima, OH, joins OW's Sam Belak, left, and Jonathon Witt.

At Nourison, beautiful people and beautiful rugs, from left: Nourison's Julie Rosenblum, design partner Barclay Butera; design partner Kathy Ireland and Alex Peykar, Nourison president.

Capel customers got a chance to meet and greet with this jolly group of licensing partners at High Point Market. Left, to right, the talented designers include Coco Cozy; sisters Susan Hable Smith and Kate Hable Sweeney of Hable Construction, and textile designer and artist Kevin O'Brien.

 Satya Tiwari, right, president of Surya, greets Gilbert Casas of Viva Carpets & Home, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.

Yervant Varjabedian, center, of Safavieh, with Lsabella Zhao, left, purchasing manager, and Jeremy Jiang, sales manager of Anshan Keruiqi Wallpaper Commercial Firm, Anshan City, China

The Rugs as Art team from Sarasota, FL. visits Kas. From left: Steve Roan, Kas vp of sales and marketing; Matthew Murse of Rugs as Art; Hari Tummala, Kas executive vp; John and Lucy Murse of Rugs as Art; Jesse Murse of Rugs as Art, and Jim Ford of Kas.

LR Mike Thompson, left, national sales manager, and Krishna Laddha, president of LR  Resources

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 At Jaipur: Asha Chaudhary, ceo of Jaipur; Guillaume Duvernois, Jaipur art director; Guadalupe Iniguez and Monica Hammett, Jaipur reps in Central and South America, and Juan and Flor Cambrea of Compania Nativa, Tigre, Argentina.

At Loloi: Austin Craley, right, vice president of sales, greets Eliana Kaplan and Federico Kaplan of Vinibek ub Montevideo, Uruguay.

Surya_We love the message  -- Life Is Short, Smile While you Still Have Teeth. Obviously, these two have a lovely set of choppers: Russ Jones of Surya, left, and Kimberly Perrone of Bloom in New York City.

At Feizy: Ellen Sinclair, center, of Interscapes Custom Interiors, Virginia Beach, VA, with Erin Smidt, left, and Kate Guess of Feizy.

 Jake Sweeters of Capel, left, with Linda Banks and Rhoda Murphy of Simply Home, Falmouth, ME.

Mark Ferullo, left, vice president of Rizzy Home, welcomes Becca Sudbeck and Bryan Umiker of Nebraska Furniture Mart, Omaha. Bryan just joined the NFM team a couple weeks ago.
 

We love to sniff out the sneak previews of major markets. Nourison and Michael Amini, the West Coast based furniture vendor, will soon be joining forces with some bold sparkling rugs that have the signature Amini glamor

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 Amir Loloi, left, founder and ceo of Loloi, with Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, who was on hand to meet and greet customers and introduce new licensed line of hand-knotted rugs made in India of bamboo silk.  Rugs are inspired by  traditional Persian rugs, but with a fresh color palette and design nuances to reflect today’s interiors.

 Santhi Yarlagadda, center, Kas vp of business development with those happy Rue La La folks from Boston -- Andrea Krejci and Glen Curry

At Kaleen, left to right: Blake Dennard, Kaleen senior vice president; Monty Rathi, Kaleen chief operating officer; Anna Bogdanov and Igor Bogdanov of Birch Global, Wilmington, DE, and Ty Strader, director of e-commerce and marketing for Kaleen.

Lissa Wyman, left, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com snuck into this shot at Nourison with, left to right: Gina M. Falsetti of Nourison, Heidi Nelson and Alissa Nelson of Belfort  Furniture, Dulles, VA,, and Gerard O'Keefe, vice president of sales for Nourison.

Momeni sales agent Ralph Long, left, with Lenora Dunn Kirwan of LDK Interiors, Atlanta.

JoeMoshy of Safavieh, left, with Kate Abt and Sharon Cox of Kate Abt Design, Leonardst own, MD.

Marianne Racca, left, has joined her dad Bill Mitcheson as a Rizzy sales agent in Florida.

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 At Amer's new permanent showroom at Showplace: Vicki Latimer, center, of Latimer Designs, Manassas, VA with Amer's operations manager Bart Gilleland and president Tanuj Gupta.

At Shaw Living, from left: Mark Parrish of Shaw Living; Harriet Farrior and Dana Whitehead of Farrior's, Wallace, NC; and Debbie Plott of Shaw Living.

 Rugs America Our friends at Rugs Direct in Winchester, VA, NEVER miss a market. We caught them at the Rugs America showroom, where they were hosted by principals Ariel Hakimian, left, and Aaron Hakimian, right. The folks from Rugs Direct are Bill Martin, Adrienne Wooddell and Randy Kremer.

Amir Loloi, right, welcomes the team from Sears Canada, headquartered in Toronto: Kim Mellikow, Cindy Jardin and Eva Di Adamo.

 At Trans Ocean: Caroline deVlaming Farrior of deVlaming Design, Charleston, SC, with Randy Watt, regional sales manager for Trans Ocean.

At Karastan/American Rug Craftsmen: Brandon Culpepper, left, vp of specialty sales for Mohawk Home, and Matt Tollison, right, territory manager for American Rug Craftsmen, welcome Mickey Leddford and Jay Kennear of Carpet & Rug Superstore, Pineville, NC.

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Mike Massman, left, vice president of national sales for Due Process Stable Trading Co., with Doug Garfinkle, executive vice president of showrooms for Kravet, Inc. Due Process will soon be moving company headquarters to North Carolina. For the full story, click here.

At Alliyah, left to right, Liz Jones of J & J Furniture and Mattress in Mobile, AL, visits with Zubair Allam, Alliyah principal, and sales rep Edith Kirby.

Here's the Tayse Team at the IHFC Pavilions, left to right: company principal Jay Dogan; Harlee Bailey, inside sales manager, and Ray Altintas, newly named sales rep in Ohio.

At Art Resources, from left: Max Moussavi, Eddie Simontab and Jalil Raoofi.

 Rob Leahy, left, owner of  Fine Rugs of Charleston, is taking his first steps into the wholesale business. The company's first showing of fine Indian hand knotted rugs was at High Point's Suites at Market Square. With Rob are Michelle Billings, sales manager of the wholesale division and sales agent Brian Hall.

These guys are timeless, and they can tell a story or two about the rug industry over the last 60 years. That's our hubby Bud Wyman on the left and Leon Capel, company principal of Capel, Inc. Obviously the business has been good to them.

 Until we meet again! It's been great fun! Lissa Wyman, center, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, center, with Bud Wyman, left, and John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy. See you next time!

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FEIZY'S 40 AND FABULOUS
ANNIVERSARY BASH

Feizy Rugs' 40 and Fabulous Party Oct. 21 at Market Square recreated a 1940's-era USO dance as birthday party guests enjoyed The Boilermaker Jazz Band, a martini bar, swing dance lessons and an awesome birthday cake. Lots of 40's-era costumes added to the festivities

 
Affable host John Feizy dons 40's fedora to greet guests.

Stepping right out of the 40's are Erin Smidt, Feizy director of design and product development, and Dale Sweary, vice president of sales

A snappy salute from Kate Suess, newly named
 Feizy sales rep.

Kent Wilkins is a dead ringer for Babe Ruth and John Whorton looks like he's about ready to carry a few bags. (We gotta give John some kind of award for suffering massive indignities at this market, including the loss of his beloved facial hair. For full story, click here)

Some of the Feizy team pause for a photo op.


Party on!

Russell Ward and Feizy showroom manager Betsy Lindsay admire the Forty and Fabulous Birthday Cake.

John Feizy does the honors blowing  out the candles at the company's 40th Anniversary Birthday Bash. 
May you have MANY more!

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