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SHOWROOM OPENINGS IN
NEW BUILDING C

Kas was one of the many rug companies hosting Building C ribbon cutting ceremonies. From left: Don Newton, senior vice president of sales and marketing; Brandon Culpepper, national sales manager; Wendy Reiss, marketing manager; Rao Yarlagadda, president; Kranthi Yarlagadda, coo, and Hari Tummala, executive vice president.


Rizzy Rug & Home offers a coordinated line of both rugs
and textiles. The new showroom had its official opening on Monday with, from left), company executives Doug Ernewein, vice president of product development, company principals Shamsu Ansari and Rizwan Ansari,
 and Mark Ferullo, vice president of North American business. Rizzy products are made at a vertical manufacturing facility in India.

Here's the whole Rizzy Gang!

Jaipur Rugs opened its new showroom at C-824 with an afternoon cocktail reception. On hand for the festivities were, from left,  Asha Chaudhary, ceo of Jaipur; Kristen McCormick and Melissa Musgjerd of Cabinet Concepts and Interiors, Eden Prairie, MN, and Vernon Singleton, Jaipur sales specialist.

Jim Thompson, vice president of sales and marketing for Central Oriental and Mary Jane Connell, northeast regional manager, in new Building C showroom.

Chandra Rugs' blue-bird appears in a lot of the signage at the new showroom. Chandra Tiwari, left, president, and Ravi Tiwari, have printed the company's mission statement at the entrance to the Building C showroom.

 The buying team from Home Decorators Collection, St. Louis, were on hand for ribbon cutting ceremonies at Couristan’s new Building C Showroom (C-854). From left: Ron Couri, president of Couristan; Gil Kemp, president of Home Decorators, and Kathy Leffler and Kim Nyman, merchandisers for Home Decorators, and Steve Codella, senior vice president of Couristan.

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Loloi welcomes the folks from RC Willey. From left: Doug Robetor of Loloi, Teri Whittaker and Preston Niederhauser
of RC Willey in Salt Lake City, and Amir Loloi,
president of Loloi.

Gil Flores of Nourison entrertains this bevy of beauties from Nantucket Home in Chico, CA. From left, Nan Tofanelli, Sara Barroso and Robin Cook.

All smiles at Jaunty: Mac McCormick, left, senior vice president of sales and marketing; Kami Navid, executive vice president, and Ehsan Zahedi, director of sales and marketing.

Ravi Tiwari, left, vice president of Chandra, with Adella Montoya of Castles & Cottages, Corona, CA.

Karastan/Mohawk Select celebrated the grand opening of its showroom in Building C. Karastan execs in attendance included, from left: Bill Storey, executive vice president of Mohawk's fashion group; Elizabeth Miller, senior vice president of style and design, and David Moyer, vice president of Mohawk Select.

LIFESTYLE CELEBRITY B. Smith, center, was the hostess of a Monday luncheon served at the Surya showroom (B-350). Smith has also formed her first rug licensing partnership with Surya with the introduction of the new Mosaic collection of hand-tufted rugs.

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Crystal Torcoletti, of the Contoni buying team, with Jeff Gonzalez, vice president of sales for Surya. Contoni is a furniture-accessories-design specialist headquartered in Dallas. Gonzalez came to our rescue with a genuine Sony Vaio power cord after we discovered that we had left ours back in New York Duh.

Jan Long of Long Interiors, Stilwell, KS, with Roger Stringer, western sales manager for Rizzy.

 
Randy Akers of Downeast Rug Co. in Portland, ME, with Lee Harounian, a principal of Harounian Rugs International.
 

At Kane Carpet Co, from left: Rembrant Natalaray and Haeli McDonald of Concepts Home Furnishings, San Diego, with Kane guys Stephen Hoverman, Jim Hance, Keith Reid and Doug Nelson.

At Capel: Bruce Hric, left, Capel president; Georgia LaGrange, buyer for NetShops, Omaha; Marilyn Freeman, account exec for Capel,  and Allen Robertson, Capel vice president of sales

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At Momeni: Ray Ehsani, left, Momeni vice president of national sales; Minoo and Massoud Taie of ABDA, Las Vegas, and Arya Momeni, a Momeni principal.

At Shaw Living: Jim Curtin, national sales manager for Shaw Living, with Mikki and Paul Hathaway of Mountain River Floor Covering, Rexburg, ID

John Feizy, right, founder and ceo of Feizy, welcomes Itzhak and Nevona Shabtai of Rugs Plus and Home & Garden Collection, Fountain Valley, CA.

At Oriental Weavers: Alan Crowder, second left, works with Mike Ryan, Garry Smith and Brad Kendall of D& G Home, Scottsdale, AZ.

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Las Vegas Market Go-ers were greeted with a six-story picture of Superstar Rod Steward as they entered the World Market Center complex.

It's Deja-vu all over again: Go-Go dancers transported us back to the 60's in the lobby of Building C

Rocker Rod Stewart kept the joint jumping for an hour-and-a-half concert to celebrate the opening of Building C at the World Market Center.

Our prize for the koolest of them all has to go to Ellie Bliss of Garnet Hill, Franconia, NH, and Jodie Shapiro of Safavieh, who were rockin' the night away at the Rod Stewart concert.

See ya next month, gang! Matthew Rouhanian, president of Dynamic Rugs and Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, will be waiting for you at the New York Home Textiles Market Sept. 15 to 19.
Photo by Camera-Shy David Pitchford Net Channel, Albuquerque, NM

And WE'LL See ya next month, too! Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com with Jonathan Yaraghi and Cyrus Yaraghi of Safavieh. Jonathan has just joined the management of the family firm. Cyrus is his justly proud Dad.
Photo by Rocker Jodie Shapiro
 

Get ready for the fun next month when the NY Metro Market and the NY International Carpet Show welcome handmade rug specialist for the fifth annual Fall event Sept 15 to 19.

With the Home Textiles Market, the Metro Market and the Armory Show all running simultaneously, it will be Rug Fashion Week, for sure.
 

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