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Amir Loloi:, right, welcomes Michael Straaton, president of home fashions distributor Straaton, Inc.; and Gail Michel andCarrie Heabler of La-Z-Boy in Monnroe, MI.

Joe Simlick, left, of Window Classics, Durham, CT, joins Momeni's Angela Chu, center, and Blake Dennard. Don't let the "Windows" name fool ya,  Joe carries a full line of home furnishings.

Carolyn Dixon, center, of The Rug Co., Ft. Worth,.TX, with David Harounian, a principal of Harounian Rugs International and Burt Haaz, sales representative for HRI.

Asha Chaudhary, Jaipur ceo with Elizabeth Keegan of Jaipur and Steve Thompson of Cabana Home, Santa Barbara, CA.

Bethany Nicholson, left, of Feizy, welcomes J. Doug Stroud of Pazzazz Interiros, Little Rock, and LeRoy Womack, president of Designs on the Move, Little Rock.

Awwwww. This gleesome three-some includes, from left,
 Jeff Koehler of Momeni; Bud Wyman, charman of Wyman Marketing, and Ralph Long of Momeni. Before his duties as husband-in-chief at Rugnews.com became a full-time job, Bud was founder and president of The Rug-Hold Co. Jeff and Ralph were both hard-working Rug-Hold salesmen.
Thanks, guys.

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Barbara Krodel, merchandise manager for Touch of Class, Huntingburg, TN, with Chandra Tiwari, founder and president of Chandra Rugs.

The Mink team visits Capel. From left, Kelly Cardwell, Brian Hayin, Caroline Richardson and David Mink, Jr. of the Mink Organization; John Magee, president of Capel; Patty Huang of Mink, Capel sales vp Allen Robertson, Capel regional sales rep Jake Sweeters, and Henry Ward of Mink. The Mink Organization is in charge of rug departments in all Macy stores coast-to-coast.

Doug Brashears, left, of Brashears in Berrysville, AR, 
joins Ali Momeni at Momeni's World Market Center showroom.

Jim Richardson, senior vice president of Flexsteel, the furniture manufacturer, and John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy.

The long and short of it: Nick Adler (long) of Building 19, Hingham, MA, with Mary McBride (short) of Trans-Ocean.
 

Cyrus Yaraghi, right, a principal of Safavieh, with Sera Lim and Fred Lim of Bauhaus, Los Angeles.

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Tiffany Yaraghi, left, and Cyrus Yaraghi of Safavieh welcome Anna Nelson, vp and merchandise manager and Christine Manicad, associate buyer of area rugs and lighting for Macy's.com, New York.

At Kas: We caught Rob McMenemy, regional sales manager and Brandon Culpepper, national sales manager, in a rare break in the action.

At Karastan, from left: Nik Nikoulas of Karastan, Barbara Malooly of Malooly's Fabulous Floors, Las Cruces, NM; Joe Fuda of Karastan, and Georgette Malooly of Malooly's Fab Floors.

Grey Christie, left, and Joe Barkley of Kaleen welcome
Vicky Priest and Warren Priest of Hawaiian Interiorz,
Palm Desert, CA.

Barbara Salvo, center, of Couristan with Ron McGuire and Lisa McGuire of Consignment Seekers Furniture Store,
Austin, TX.

At Rizzy, Nancy Coward, second left, shows the Rizzy line to the gang from Showplace Fashion Furniture in Lake Havasu City, AZ: Nicole Norona, left; Roberta Clifford, Ron Clifford and Brooke Queen.

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At Shaw Living: Ken Breithaupt, Shaw eastern regional manager; Mary Wehrle, brand manager for IVG Stores, Pembroke Pines, FL; and Jeff Brown, vice president of the Shaw Living division.

Dave Metz, left, of Today's Decor 'n More in Calgary, Alberta Canada, with Jon Morrison, vice president of marketing for Dynamic Rugs.

Kas was already telling Las Vegas retailers about its great new showroom coming to Building B of the World Market Center this Summer.

A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: Sign in Building C announces the new LVWMC Rug Destination in Building B Many of the Building C Rug Exhibitors will be relocating to Building B of the World Market Center for the Summer Market, Aug. 1 to 5, 2011

Las Vegas Party Pix and Surfaces Pix
Coming Soooon!

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SURFACES GETS SNAZZY NEW VENUE
AT LAS VEGAS MONTEGO BAY EXPO

Couristan welcomes team from Hadinger Floors in
Naples, FL. Left to right: Frank Amalfitano of Couristan;
Scott Grembowicz, Judy Hadinger, Don Williamson, Paul DeMarais and Tom Hadinger.

 Paul Chapman, left, vice chairman and president of ABC Carpet & Home, New York, with ABC vice president Larry Chirprut. These honchos NEVER miss the Surfaces show. Paul had a slight altercation with a guard rail during one of the New York blizzards, hence the gimpy arm. Hopefully it wasn't his order-writing hand.

Alan Braunstein, left, president of Worldwide Wholesale in Edison, NJ, with Herb Frank, president of Kane Carpet.

At Nourison, from left: Jonathan Peykar, vice president of hospitality for Nourison; Blake Rose, Home Carpet One in Chicago; Gerard O'Keefe, vice president of Nourison broadloom division, and Joel Schreier of Home Carpet One.

At Oriental Weaver Sphinx, from left: Sphinx sales rep Wendy Hill; Jamie Devlin and Cathy Anderson of Contract Furnishings Mart, Tigard, OR, and Andy Brumlow, vice president of product development for Sphinx.

At Tayse: Fraidoon Vahdatshoar, left, Faraone Oriental Rug Gallery, Exton, PA, with Jay Dogan, president of Tayse Rugs.

Steve Codella, center, senior vp of eastern sales for Couristan, with Jeff Gertsman, left, and Joel Friedman of Monarch Carpet, Los Angeles.

Javier Meza, center, of Greenway Floors & More, Fremont, CA, with Mohammed Abu Hadba, left, and Wasim Abu Hadba of United Weavers.

Alexander Rabinowitz, left,  and Sara Rabinowitz of Pearl Carbet, Woodmere, NY with Handsome Herb Cantor of Radici USA.

Chris Marquis of Marquis Magic Carpet, Running Springs, CA, with Tayse principal Jay Dogan.


Reza Momeni, president of Momeni, with Sima Hakakian and Javid Hakakian of J & S Designer Flooring, Morristown, NJ. Momeni returned to Surfaces after an absence of five years to introduce the company's new broadloom line.

Ron Chatalbash of Chatalbash by Costikyan, Long Island City, NY. Chatalbash supplies tool and accessories to the Oriental rug trade.

SURFACES SHOWROOMS
PACK A LOT OF POW
 INTO THREE DAYS OF SELLING

Vendors have only three days to make a selling impression at the Surfaces show. Here are a few examples of the elaborate, albeit ephemeral, showrooms.
 

Couristan's spacious showroom was one of the first displays Surfaces visitors saw on entering the show.

Sphinx presented both broadloom and rugs at Surfaces.

Broadloom took center stage at Nourison's Surfaces space.

Tarket Floors created an entire home at one of the largest Surfaces displays.
 

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Surya continues 35th Anniversary Celebration with Big Vegas Party

Satya Tiwari, president of Surya, with Kathy Freise, Net Channel, Inc., Albuquerque, NM

Seth King, right, Surya's vp of sales and marketing, with Paula Robertson of Ashley Furniture, Bryant, AK; Surya
rep Suzie Morris, and Shelli Robertson, also of Ashley in Bryant, AK.


Mike Clapham, center, president of RSC, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with Brad Jahrig, left, of Ulta-Light Marketing, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Paul Brais of Montreal. RSC is Surya's Canadian distribution arm.

Pat Douglass, center, vp of Surya, with Robert Blair and Gary Blair of Carpet Court, St. Paul, MN. Pat heads Surya's printed and woven products.

Jamie Welch, left, of Love It Design, Portland, OR, and Garrison Hullinger, Garrison Hullinger Interior Design, Portland, OR.

Eddie Goldberger, left, of Surya with Debbie Morick and Stewart Morick of Debbie Morick Interiors, Scottsdale, AZ.

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Sphinx Hosts Bash..
Just Because We Love to Party!

Woody Woodrum of Sphinx, right, welcomes Sam and Arlene Presnell of The Rug Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.

Chris Phillips, second left, of Sphinx, with Ryan Wien, Nate Wien and Chris Marshall of Marshall Carpet One & Rug Gallery, Mayfield Heights, OH.

From left: Russell Givens, Greg Givens and Teresa Givens with Steve Trueman of Sphinx. The Givens clan is from Gotta Lotta Rugs in Wichita Falls, TX.

Becky Weaver and Bijan Jahanbani of Artifacts in
Salt Lake City, UT.

Sphinx Opening Night Bash at World Market Center: Sam Belak, left, OW regional manager, and Mike Riley, right, president of Oriental Weavers of America, welcome Wendy Fried, center, president of G. Fried in Westbury, NY. Wendy is in town to shop both the World Market Center and Surfaces. Sphinx and several other rug suppliers are also exhibiting at both shows.

So long for awhile. Mike Riley, president of Oriental Weavers USA joins Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com to say ta-ta from Vegas. We'll see you again at the NY Home Fashions Market Week March 14 to 18, 2011
and  High Point, April 2 to 7, 2011.

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