LAS VEGAS PEOPLE PIX
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Cameron Capel, left, national accounts manager of
Capel, with Teri Whitaker furniture buyer for RC Willey,
 Salt Lake City.

Chandra Tiwari, president of Chandra Rugs, with France Chouinard, buyer for Winners Merchants International, Mississauga, Ontario.

Asha Chaudhary, left, ceo of Jaipur Rugs, with Elisa Carolina Garcia, Mirage Events, Piedra Negras, Mexico. The Las Vegas event attracted many international visitors.

Gil Kemp, president, and Kathy Leffler, buyer, of Home Decorators Collection, St. Louis, MO, lookin' cool at the
Las Vegas World Market. Hot weather was not
a big issue at the market.

Jacque LeMay, buyer for Fred Meyer in Portland, OR,
visits with John Feizy, president of Feizy Rug.

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At Loloi: Sales agent David Moss, left, and president Amir Loloi, right, welcome Yvonne Manzoor of Furniture World, headquartered in Lancaster, CA.

Aubrey Kuepper, second left, of Furnishings 4 Less, Carlsbad, CA, is surrounded by the folks from Abbyson. From left: John Rodriguez, Kuepper, Yavar Rafieha, vp of sales and marketing, and Shannon Breidinger, Las Vegas sales manager.

Mike Shafa, left, and Johnny Nikbakht of Woven Treasure Fine Oriental Rugs in Scottsdale, AZ

Designer Thomas Paul, who has a new coordinated pillow and rug line for Chandra, left; with June Rees and Richard Krajchir of Pacific Orient Traders Home Furnishings of Honolulu and Los Angeles.

Jim Thompson, vice president of sales and marketing for the Central Oriental division of Natco Home, with Washington States sales agent David Hummon.

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Founding Fathers: From left, Bud Wyman, founder and former president of The Rug Hold Co.; John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy Rugs, and John Murse, founder and president of Rugs As Art, Sarasota, FL.

At Klaussner: Ann Krueger, left, buyer and Paula Goin,
vice president of merchandising for WG&R Furniture, Green Bay, WI. Klaussner Furniture has a unique program that coordinates rugs and other home accessories with t
he company's furniture line. It's no surprise that
 the program is called Complements.

Steve Mazarakis, center, president of Hellenic Rug Imports, with Michelle Thompson and Andrew Zuppa of American Furniture Warehouse, Englewood, CO.

At Harounian Rugs International, from left: Deodat Jugmohan, Richard Siminou, and Lee Harounian.

Ed Sammons, left, of sales agency Rugs, LLC, Tampa, and Blake Dennard, vice president of sales for Kaleen.

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Bruce Gibson, left, carpet and rug manager for Parker Furniture, Beaverton, OR, with Nasser Rahmanan, president of Masterlooms.Gibson tells us that business has improved at the high end store after the company shifted its target demographics to affluent younger customers.

At Momeni, from left: Jane Fisher, Momeni account exec; Virgil Harrell, De Sava Furniture Mart, Buffalo, WY; Angela Chu, recently appointed Momeni midwest sales manager; Ron Greeno, Peak Furniture, Colorado Springs, CO, and Eli Kramer, Momeni sales agent.

George Haroonian of the Rug Warehouse & More, Los Angeles, stops for a chat with Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com

Jacqueline Reiff of Jacqueline Reiff Interiors, Las Vegas,
with Allen Robertson, national sales manager for Capel.

Satya Tiwari, president of Surya Rugs with Rohit Singh, director of e-commerce for Surya.

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Jeanne Love, center, floor covering buyer for Home Depot Expo stores with sales exec Yervant Varjabidian, left, and Arash Yaraghi, right, a principal of Safavieh.

Mark Ferullo, center, is the newly named vice president of sales for Rizzy Rugs is flanked by Rizwan Ansari, left, president and ceo of Rizzy, and Doug Ernewein, right, rug buyer for Hom Furniture in Minneapolis.

At Surya: president Satya Tiwari , left, and sales vp Jeff Gonzalez, right, with Judy Stone and Janet Kantor of Natura Collections, Las Vegas and New York.


At United Weavers: Nashville-based sales agent David
Sibrell with Bonnie Grisel of Consign-It,
Rancho Cordova, CA.

A year from now, Las Vegas visitors will discover Building C
 on the right of this picture. Many new rug exhibitors will be showing in Building C.

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Heather Self, right, Nourison sales rep in Colorado,New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, welcomes Ansel Roney and Suzanne Boyd of Ansel's Inteirors, Albuquerque, NM.

Cyrus Yaraghi, a principal of Safavieh, center, with Reza Golshani, left, and Peggy Donley of Donle at Home, Carmel, CA.

Matt Tollison, national sales manager, and Asha Chaudhary, ceo of Jaipur Rugs.

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SPHINX HAS A PARTY
IN HONOR OF EXPANDED
ANDY WARHOL COLLECTION

Andy Warhol, aka James Malcolm, left, made a guest appearance at the party. The apparition joins Mike Riley, center, president, and Jonathon Witt, executive vice president of Sphinx.

Nancy and Steve Steinhardt of At Home in the Valley, Van Nuys, CA. The Steinhardts say that home owners are looking for ornate Tuscan-style interior furnishings.

Sphinx guys Tom Monaghan, David Henson and Bill
Belardi enjoy the festivities.

No, it's not a prom picture. Mike Riley, president of Sphinx, and Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, are saying ta-ta from Las Vegas. See you Monday at the New York Textiles Show! 

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