PEOPLE  MAKE THE HOT-LANTA MARKET!


At Mohawk Select: Aaron Gray and David Moyer of Mohawk Select; Jesse James of James Carpet & Lighting, Decatur, AL, and Ron Lang, southeast regional vice president for Karastan.

 
Samir Aduhaba, center, general manager of United Weavers of America, accepts award as Supplier of the Year from David Craig, CEO of RugsDirect.com and Randy Kremer, president of Rugs Direct
 

At Amer Rugs: Kshitij Lal of Amer; Michael Hanna of Fargo-Hanna, Durham, NC, and Mehmood Salam, Amer Rugs.

Furnitureland South visits Momeni. From left: Reza
  Momeni, president of Momeni, Mary John Lewis and Elaine Minter of Furnitureland South, Ray Ehsani of Momeni
 and Scott Minter, sales agent.

At Shaw: Jim Curtin, sales manager for Shaw Living; John Roach, Carpet Exchange, Denver, and Mike Walker, Denver territory manager for Shaw Living.

Charley Peck, center, president of Trans Ocean is flanked
by sales vp Dean Smith, left, and Marc Becker,
newly-named national accounts manager. Saturday was Marc's first day on the job



At Hellenic: Ankush Gupta, chief sales officer for Hellenic,
with Laura and Tommy Pressly of La Petite Boutique,
Kinston, NC. Laura and Tommy were in town for the
Gift & Home Furnishings  Market.

Ready, Set, Sell! At 828 International: Mark Ferullo, vice president; Melanie Hayim, midwest territory manager, and Tom Morris, national sales manager.

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ATLANTA SUMMER MARKET
 PEOPLE PIX - page 2

Jim Hall of of Abingdon Rugs with Alex Peykar,
a principal of Nourison.

Yoelma Kourgouzov, associate buyer for rugs of Macy's Home with Tom Monaghan, national accounts manager of Sphinx by Oriental Weavers.

At Oriental Weavers: Scott Hayim, president of Rug Decor, the CCI Global specialty chain, with Mike Riley, executive vice president of Oriental Weavers of America, Paul Pauluzzi, vice president of national sales for Oriental Weavers, and Jon Womack, director of sales for Rug Decor.

Allan Anderson of Anderson's in Hattiesburg, MS, with Steve
Mazarakis, president of Hellenic Rug Imports.

Ankush Gupta, chief sales officer for Hellenic, with  Casey
Austad of Ashley Furniture, Arcadia, WI

Nader Shalom, left, and Rafi Amirian  of Shalom Bros., with
 Linda Sumner of The Rug Emporium, Lenoir, NC.

From opposite ends of the country: Roz Rustigian of Rustigian's, Rhode Island with Dan Shabtai, Rugs Plus of Costa Mesa, CA.

 
Chas Sydney, executive vice president of AmericasMart Atlanta with Steve Cumbest, RugSmart Interiors, Norcross, GA.

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Atlanta Market People Pix
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Ron Couri, ceo of Couristan, with  Kathy Leffer of Home Decorators Showcase, St. Louis.
 
Jason and Marcia Moattar of Moattar Ltd., Atlanta, join Cyrus Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieh.

At 828: Ken Decatur, 828 sales representative andTom Morris, vice president of sales greet Tom Rypkema and Scott Burnham of Kent's Carpetland, Accord, MA. Know how to beat the Summer doldrums? "Promote, promote, promote," says Rypkema. The company regularly prints full-color brochures for customers in the trading area.

Michel Melki, ceo of Carpet-Art-Deco, with lifestyle designer Janelle Lampp (she's also a contributing editor of Rugnews.com)

Central Oriental: Beall's Home Centers' are really ringing up sales and keep on expanding. Here they are visiting Central Oriental. From left: Central rep Hank Rullman with Beall's buyer Angelique Vu  and president Conrad Szymanski. Beall's is headquartered in Bradenton, FL.

Nebraska Furniture Mart, based in Omaha, comes to call at Colonial Mills. From left: David Snedecker, NFM; Gregg Scarlatta, Colonial; Mary Jane Connelly, Colonial; John Bradshaw, Colonial; Patty Wojtkiewicz, NFM, and Juan Blumkin of NFM's Kansas City store

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ATLANTA PEOPLE PIX
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Bill Rossi of Safavieh with Maria Conrad,
rug buyer for Bloomingdale's
 

At Loloi: Seated, from left are Wendy Berry of Amini's Home, Rugs and Game Room, headquartered in Chesterfield, MO; Bruce Hagen, Loloi Rep; Ty Strader of Amini's, and Cameron Bagheri of Loloi. Standing is Amir Loloi, president of Loloi.

Steve Gracik and Charlene Sanders of the Ashley Furniture store in Pensacola, with Joel Jackson, regional sales manager of Hellenic.

Scott Hayim, president of Rug Decor, based in St. Louis, with with Ivan Phillips, president of Delos.

At Orian: Don Newton, senior vp of sales and marketing, standing, with sales manager Jim Howell and Dwight Patterson, president of Dalton Carpetmaster, Calhoun, GA

 

A-w-w-w-w Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com shares an affectionate moment with Paul Vesely, president of Ves-Levi

Chandra Tiwari, seated, president of Chandra Rugs, with three recently-appointed sales agents. From left: Richard Lechbee, covering Illinois and Wisconsin; David Sibrel, covering Kentucky and Tennessee, and Richard Folger, covering Georgia.
 

Atlanta Summer Market
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At Jaipur: Gil LaRowe, Jaipur sales agent; Norma Wilhoit and Rob Leahy of Fine Rugs of Charleston, Charleston, SC; Norah Medin, sales manager of Jaipur, and Archana Chaudhary, director of operations for Jaipur.

Shauna Snyder and Julia Yoo of Storehouse, the 72-store chain based in Atlanta, visit Chandra Tiwari, left, and Ravi Tiwari, right of Chandra Rugs.


John Shepherd, president and coo of 828 International Trading, with Kathy Imes, who heads the Lauren Brooks furniture and home furnishings lifestyle licensing company. 828 introduced its first Lauren Brooks collection this Summer.

Michael D. Massmann, vice president of national sales
for Due Process Stable Trading Co., with Mahmud Jafri,
Dover Fine Rug & Carpeting, Natick, MA.

At Kaleen: Joe Barkley, vice president of sales and marketing; Suzy Bangs, regional accounts manager; Radhe Rathe, president of Kaleen and Monty Rathi, director of US operations.

At LR Resources: S.K. Lhadda, LR principal; Faye Penland, Bargain Center Outlet, Greer, SC; Bob Ball, LR sales manager; Ruth Ownbey of Bargain Center Outlet, and Keith Smith, sales representative for LR.


Four Amici at Amici: Fouad Mahfuz of Persian Rug Galleries, Nashua, NH; Steve Boodakian of Mera Consulting Group, Merrimack, NH; Jeff DeSantis, a principal of Amici, and Sy Mahfuz of Mera Consulting Group.

In a relentless quest for sympathy, these two big-foots managed to console one another at Atlanta market: Janelle Lampp of Janelle Style had ankle surgery and sales agent Mike Shupp blew out a tendon. (Later, we caught them dancing the night away at a local gin mill.)

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Hagopian World of Rugs visits Renaissance: From left, Jeffrey Soleimani, Renaissance vice president; Shahzad Ahmad, Hagopian; Bryon Hamilton, Renaissance; and Suzanne Hagopian, Howard Appel and John Stokes of Hagopian. Hagopian is based in Birmingham, MI


At Surya: Gary Lester, Lester & Associates, Scottsdale, AZ; Nick Motlagh, Pearl Rug Co. Oriental Rug Outlet, Bedford Heights, OH, and Satya Tiwari, president of Surya Rugs.

 
At Rug One Imports: Neil Shapiro, Rug One; Herman Stern,  president of Rug One; Johan Mouton, MC Three Carpets of Belgium; and Mike Blais and Nick Adler-Duthe, Building #19, Hingham, MA.

Maurice Harounian and Michael Harounian, two principals of Harounian Rug Imports.

Steve Codella sales manager for Couristan; Christophe Harinck of Oostro Carpet in Belgium, and Ron Couri, president and ceo of Couristan.

Seminars by the Oriental Rug Retailers of America were the educational highlights of the show. From left: Bill Thornton, Oriental Rug Care, Miami/Dade FL; Sharon Kerwick, Kerwick Appraisals, Wilton Manors, FL; Elizabeth Arnold, ORRA executive director, and  Mark Kambourian, M. Kambourian & Sons, Richmond.

Play it again, David.
 David Grasse, president of Due Process Stables Trading's  import division,  strikes a happy market note.
 

Atlanta Summer Market
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Tim Schanz, sales manager for Dynamic Rugs and Lee Harrison, owner of The English Touch, Lebanon, TN.


S.K. Laddha and Rajani Laddha of LR Resources; Judy Hadinger and Gail Pollio of Hadinger Flooring, Naples, FL, and Bob Ball of LR Resources.

At Homefires: Norman Shapiro, vice president of factory direct sales; president Edward Chu, and Rustry Boone, Homefires sales vice president.

At Miresco: Sales manager Greg Jordt with Enrique Passy and Jimmy Passy of Corporacion Horizonte, Mexico City.

Ian Wallace, center, of Forte Cloth, with Martin Romijn and John Romijn of Eur-Am Design, Inc., Marietta, GA.

Industry veteran Mike Shapow


ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

John Feizy, president, founder, ceo and owner of Feizy Rug and Lissa Wyman, same job description as John's, but at Rugnews.com, are off to the Las Vegas market.
We'll see ya there!

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ATLANTA MARKET, FOLKS!

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