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At Capel: Nari Hayek, left, Hussein Hayek, and Mia Hayek of Hayek's Leather Furniture. Tukwila and Lynnwood, WA, with Capel's Gil Flores.

Jaipur's Josh Roberts, left, vp of sales and marketing, greets Annabel Valdez and Jimmy House of Anabel's Oriental Rugs, Louisville,KY.

Harounian Rugs International expands showroom. Ready to greet guests in the new space are, left to right: Principals David Harounian and Lee Harounian; Bobby Shamsian HRI creative director; sales agent Alex Kind; Scott Hayim; Greg Jordt, HRI vp of sales and marketing, and showroom manager Deodat Jugmohan.

Mark Moran, center, of NW Rugs in Portland, OR, and Los Angeles, is double-teamed by Momeni brothers Aria, left, and Ali. They're all in the Momeni showroom, natch.

 Steve Tarpey, right, of Loloi, welcomes Brian Kerr of Ashley Furniture Homestore in Lexington, KY, and Kevin Sergent, of the Ashley Furniture Homestore in Cookeville, TN.

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At Safavieh, from left: Nancy Knight, merchandisde manager for Gump's San Francisco; Jonathon Yaraghi, head of Safavieh's furnitur division; Vanessa Bendy, associate buyer of Gump's, and Yervant  Varjabedian of Safavieh. Jonathon was taking time out from his new job as a Liberace impersonator to work the Safavieh showroom.

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Visiting day: Ali Momeni, left, pops in to say hey to John and Cameron Feizy of Feizy Rugs.

Louis Hauser, left, of Trans-Ocean; gets down to business with Cynthia Ranoz, L.F.D. Home Furnishings, Mission, TX.

We got lost a few times trying to navigate Loloi 's  21,500 sq. ft. showroom B-480. But these friendly folks found us. From left: company founder and president Amir Loloi; Kyle Johansen of Hom Furniture, Minneapolis, and Loloi rep  Karen Ellman. Loloi has more than tripled its Las Vegas World Market Center space. The expanded showroom contains accessories and furniture boutiques that mix with the Loloi rugs.

Diane Carleo, director of marketing for United Weavers, left, with Samir Abuhadba, president of UW.

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Cameron Feizy, left, and John Whorton, right, of Feizy Rugs, with Susan Reding and Rachel Noble of Touchstone/Harper Direct, Dallas.

Surya salesman Jim Govola (aka "Jimbah"), center, with gal-pals Whitney Frazier of Surya, left, and Megan Paul of Front Room Furnishings, Columbus, OH.

Shawn Nili and Shahene Nili of NW Rugs, Portland, OR, and Los Angeles, with Cyrus Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieh. Shahene is a frequent visitor to Las Vegas and we've enjoyed watching him grow up.

Ravi Tiwari, vp of Chandra Rugs, introduces the company's new co-creative directors Laura and Lionel Ferreira. "Expect BIG changes at Chandra," Ravi promises.

Ribbon cutting at Jaipur's new and expanded 8,000 sq. .ft. showroom in Building B, 4-424. The Jaipur gang,  from left: Jason Glassman, sales manager Candace Clarke; head designer Kavitra Chaudhary; sales and marketing veep Josh Roberts, Larry Morris, Matt Peterson, and Las Vegas World Market Center honcho Ron Radin.

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At Kas: Sales agent Lane Brundieck with Keri Clemons of Suburbam Furniture, Waseca, MN

Nourison welcomes Mink Organization, from left: Imran Dhedhi of Nourison; Henry Ward, Caroline Richardson and  Kenneth Mink of Mink; Nourison's Ron Gianpiccolo, and  Dave Mink, Jr, ceo of the Mink Cos. The Mink organization operates the Macy's rug departments nationwide

LAS VEGAS IS A MAGNET MARKET
FOR RETAILERS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER

Tim Schantz of Dynamic, left, with Maribel Ocampo of Maribel Ocampo Decoracion, Zapopan, Mexico, and Alcides Davalos of Adimo Decorracion, Guadalejara, Mexico.

Amir Loloi, left, and Cyrus Loloi, right, with Cynthia Rizzo of KR Designs, Guadalejara.Mexico, and Jane Aguierre of Loloi Rugs.

At Momeni, from left: Hadi Sattari, director of new international business for Momeni; Gabriele Marchand of Mustaki, Garza Garcia, Mexico; Mauricio Gutierrez of Cimas Trade Finance, Miami, and Stephen Hoberman, vice president of sales for Momeni.

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Floorcovering guys come to Vegas Market, too. Here's Bruce Odette, owner of Carpet Carper & Rug/The Flooring Group based in Denver, with Mike Riley, president of Oriental Weavers USA.

Who's the new dude? None other than Timmy Ferullo of Rizzy Home. With a dad like Mark Ferullo, he can't help but love the rug business. Susan Espinoza, center, and Lori Konzen of Homemaker's Furniture in Des Moines think he's pretty hot stuff, too. Tim has another year to go at Assumption College in Worcester, MA. But we predict we'll be seeing more of him in the future.

Jerry Honea, divisional merchandise manager of the
Mega Group, based in Germantown, TN, with Laurie
Sadler of Shaw Living.

At Kas: Hari Tummala, executive vice president and Rao Yarlagadda, president, with one of the company's new distressed-look collections.


Ribbon cutting at Jaipur's new and expanded 8,000 sq. .ft. showroom in Building B, 4-424. The Jaipur gang,  from left: Jason Glassman, sales manager Candace Clarke; head designer Kavitra Chaudhary; sales and marketing veep Josh Roberts, Larry Morris, Matt Peterson, and Las Vegas World Market Center honcho Ron Radin.

 A coupla babes gone wild in Vegas.  Artist/designer Liora Manne of Trans Ocean and Liora Manne, and  Rugnews.com's editor and publisher Lissa Wyman say Good Luck from Vegas! We'll see you in New York and High Point!

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