NEW YORK MARKET PEOPLE KEEP
SMILING AS BIZ ENTERS TURNAROUND

At Oriental Weavers,execs take a moment between wall-to-wall appointments for Rugnews.com camera. From left: Mike Riley, president of Oriental Weavers of America; Mandi Williams, head of OW design; vice president Jonathon Witt, and Aaron Gray, OW director of marketing.


At Shaw, from left: Brian Thompson and Lou-Ann Thompson
of Glen Floors, Glen Cove, NY, and Guy Stragis of Shaw.

At Surya: Seth King, left, vice president of sales and marketing, and Paul Sullivan, senior vp of sales and marketing. The NY showroom is devoted to Surya's year-old Artistic Weavers value-driven division. Surya us readying a HUGE new 26,000 sq. ft. showroom at High Point's Showplace.

Amir Loloi, center, founder and president of Loloi Rugs, with, from left: Austin Craley, vice president of sales; Steven Loloi, Amir Loloi, Cyrus Loloi, and Joe Valles, key accounts executive for Loloi.

Bud Wyman,center,  head husband at Rugnews.com,
 with Kaleen's Darryl Ernst, left, and Joe Barkley, Kaleen executive vice president.


At Kas, from left: Santhi Yarlagadda, Kas vice president of business development; Hari Tummala, vice president, and Elaine Plansky and Mark Plansky of Heritage Carpet, Poughkeepsie, NY.

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At Rizzy Home, from left: company principal Shamsu Ansari, vp Mark Ferullo, and Harris Klein, newly-named national sales manager of Rizzy Home.

Steven Peykar, a principal of Nourison, and Mina Peykar, who heads Nourison's Mina Victory line of decorative pillows and accessories.

At Concord Global, from left: Concord sales executive Alex Kalyan; Gulben Aksu-Bulat, a principal of Concord Global, and Steve Fruchter, president of Montauk Rug, & Carpet, Farmingdale, NY

At newly-refurbished Shaw Living showroom: Nicolas
Adler-Duthe, center, buyer for Building 19 in Hingham, MA with Shaw Living's regional sales mgr. Ken Breithaupt, left, and Dave Jolley, area rug specialist for Shaw.

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At Dynamic Rugs: Andrew Goltz, left, of Sanford Hall at
 the NY Design Center, and Howard Gottesman of Dynamic.

At Feizy, from left: Cameron Feizy, senior vp of Feizy Rugs; Erin Smidt, design director for Feizy, and Gerrit Swearingen, vp of key accounts.


Cyrus Yaraghi, center, a principal of Safavieh, with Jody Shapiro, left, vp of mass market sales and Nancy Groskopf, international sales specialist.


Lee Harounian, left, and David Harounian, principals of Harounian Rugs International, say the New York Home Fashions Market is becoming more important for the rug importer.

Rafi Amirian of Shalom Brothers


See ya in High Point! Lissa Wyman, left, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, and Brandon Culpepper, Orian vice president of sales and business development for Orian, say Ta-Ta 'til High Point. Wait a minute. Orian doesn't show in High Point.Well surprise, surprise they'll be there in April! Stay tuned for more details.

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