WHY CRY OVER THE ECONOMY?
NY MARKET PEOPLE STILL SMILING

Here's the gang from World wide Wholesale at the Natco/Central Oriental showroom, from left: Freddy Botello and Alan Braunstein of Worldwide Wholesale Floor Coverings, South Edison, NJ; Jim Thompson, vice president of sales and marketing for Natco/Central Oriental; Darren Braunstein of Worldwide, and Jeff Katz of Natco/Central Oriental.


Jacque LeMay and Greg Parsons from Fred Meyer in Portland, OR, pose for the Rugnews.com camera at the grand opening party at Orian in the 7 W New York building.

Pamela Kerr, center, senior merchandise manager for Orvis, Sunderland, VT, with John Levanchy, left,  and Sam Belak of Oriental Weavers.


Satya Tiwari, left, president of Surya, welcomes Oriental Weavers execsYasmine  Khamis, head of  product development, and Amin Zohni, regional export manager for the USA. Khamis and Zohni are both headquartered in Cairo,Egypt.
 

Steve Sorrow and Jamie Jones welcome buyers to Feizy's Fifth Ave. showroom.

Igor Yakovenko, left, buyer for the Air Base Carpet
Mart chain based in New Castle, DE, with Jim Curtin, vice president of sales for Shaw Living. Both Igor and Jim
agree: When the economy is down,
 it's time to grab more market share.

ORIAN HOSTS GRAND OPENING
BASH AT NEW 7 W NY SHOWROOM

It ain't official til the ribbon is cut! From left: Patrick O'Farrell,  Mike Moon, David Horton, Jeff Hughes, Stefaan Duchy, Scott Miller, Paul Sullivan, Holly Hutton and Wim de Pape.

A toast to the future: Chris Collins, left, general manager of 7 W New York raises a glass of bubbly with top Orian execs Stefaan Duchy, president; Paul Sullivan, senior vp of sales and marketing, and Wim de Pape, chief operating officer.

Jacque LeMay and Greg Parsons from Fred Meyer in Portland, OR, pose for the Rugnews.com camera at the grand opening party at Orian in the 7 W New York building.

Robert Filice, home decor category manager for Canadian Tire Corp., Toronto, with Orian's Canadian specialists Patty Dyjach and Pat O'Farrell.

From left: Orian's  Michael Shally, senior national account manager; RossRoss Meskin, senior account manager, and Stefaan Duchy, president.


From left: Orian's David and Melanie Horton, Scott Miller,
and Diane and Mike Moon.

Showroom designer Stephen Killian of Stephen Killian
Design, New York, with Orian sales manager Kathy Cox.

From left: Kate Goodhew of Orian; George Gambrell of Springs Canada, Toronto; Jill Torrance of Springs Canada;  Paul Sullivan, Orian senior vp of sales and marketing, and Tracy Platt of Springs Canada.

Orian's Holly Hopkins and Wim de Pape share a
 warm moment.

Kevin, Kelly and Kurt Von de Bur. Kurt is Orian's
vice president of sales.

NEW YORK MARKET PEOPLE PIX

At Kas: Wendy Reiss and Santhi Yarlagadda with
some of the new skin patterns in Kas's Sahara collection.

Diane Carleo, director of marketing for United Weavers.

Richard Siminou. director of marketing for Harounian Rugs International noted that the Home Textiles Market requires a totally different approach to product compared to the traditional rug business.

From left: Gulben Aksu and hubby George Bulat, principals of Concord Global, welcome Turkish manufacturer Yonetin Kurulu Uyesi and wife Mine to company headquarters at 295 Fifth Ave. in New York. Uyesi is from Merinos in Baspimar-Gaziantep, Turkey.

 

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