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Rug Doug Ernewein of Rizzy Home with the gang from Cardi's Furniture in Swansea, MA: Heather Balick, senior buyer, Anthony Merolli, visual designer and accessories buyer, and Monique Couto, buyer.

828 International Trading was showing in High Point after a hiatus of several seasons. President John Shepherd, left, and sales manager Tom Morris, right, welcome Susan Blair of Susan Blair Interiors, Harrisonburg, VA. 828 showed in the Rug Gallery, a temporary showcase devoted to rugs at Suites at Market Square.

Just here for a visit: Nourison principal Alex Peykar,
Mina Peykar and furniture specialist Jeff Gonzalez enjoyed walking the High Point Market.

At Oriental Weavers-Sphinx: Will Daughtrey, II,
 second left, category manager for Badcock Home Furniture & More, Mulberry, FL; with OW's Pat Muschamp, David Moss and Hank Wehle.


At Loloi's newly expanded IHFC showroom, from left: Stephen Loloi, Loloi Rugs, Janet Goodfellow, Inside & Out Design, Rockbridge Baths, VA; David Howell, Loloi sales rep in Virginia and North Carolina. Loloi expanded its Design Center space to 7,500 sq. ft.  

Executives from Amer Rugs were on hand to check out the High Point Market, from left: Raj Choudhary, Monika Choudhary and Mahesh Choudhary. Amer rugs were displayed in Moe's, a contemporary furniture company showing at High Point's International Home Furnishings Center.

Baki Ildiz, a principal of The Creative Touch, exhibits products in the Suites at Market Square Rug Gallery.

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Markets are always full of nice surprises: Bill Ward, left, recently joined the Lillian August organization as director of floor coverings. Lillian August is based in Norwalk, CT. Bill joins Betsy Holotik, national director of sales-East for Feizy, and Greg Wronsky, who recently joined Feizy to head northeast sales. Bill was formerly the principal of Halvai and earlier had a long career with ABC Carpet & Home. Greg comes to Feizy after a long stint with Capel.
 

At Kas, left to right:  Brandon Culpepper,  national sales mgr for Kas; Bill Martin, national sales mgr. for Rugs Direct, Winchester, VA; Randy Kremer, president of Rugs Direct, and Tommy Johnson, Kas sales agent.

Asha Chaudhary, left, ceo of Jaipur, welcomes Karen Hundgen of Sashay in Greensboro, NC.

At Surya, from left: Satya Tiwari, Surya president; Camille Thompson and Julie Babb of Carolina Sold By Design, and Jodie Woolard of Surya.

William Koehnlein, left, of Collaborative Design, Waukesha, WI, with Kamran Kalaty of Kalaty.

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At Safavieh: Ginger McLaughlin, center, of Frontgate, West Chester, OH, with Arash Yaraghi, left, Safavieh principal, and Nancy Groskoff of Safavieh.

Chandra Tiwari, center, president and founder of Chandra Rugs, with Veronica Garcia, left, of Roy's Home Furnishings, Chicago, and Roberta Selnick, Chandra midwest sales agent.

Michelle Hiznay of Oriental Weavers-Sphinx, second left, did a great job lining up this lively group from  La Z Boy Furniture Galleries in the southeast. From left: Ric Rush of La Z Boy; Hiznay; Jim Holland, Heather Manring, Billie Wachman, Angela Margole, Don Morris and Jeff Heath from La Z Boy. Whew! Hope we got all those names in the correct order! This was a cat-herding event.

Josh Roberts, vice president of sales and marketing for Jaipur, left, with Julian Riley of Maria Tomas in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Blast from the past: Mark Ferullo, left, of Rizzy, says hi to old friends John and Terri Hanhauser, of Maui, HI. John said his health problems are behind him and he was in town looking for a new job.

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At Shaw: Debra Cox of Village Furniture & Design, Malone, NY, with Ken Breithaupt, left, Shaw eastern regional manager, and David Appelt,south central regional manager.
 

Liora Manne, left, lead designer for Trans-Ocean and owner of Liora Manne/lamontage, with Terri Ervin and Corinne Steohenson of Decorating Den Interiors, Dacula, GA.

Bill Warren of Shops UpFront in Statesville, NC with the Kas sales team of Tommy and Karol Johnson. Bill's card says "Passionate about we do!" and that describes him to a T.

At Safavieh: John Stark, left, of Stark Carpet in New York with Jodie Shapiro, Safavieh territory manager.

Jim Ziosis, president of Linon Home Decor Products, left, and Steve Mazarakis, director of Linon's rug division welcome visitors and Greek party-lovers to the company's Elm St. showroom.

 

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Textile designer Kevin O'Brien, right, made a big splash at Capel with his first venture into the rug business. He's shown here with Capel president John Magee and Tami Watras, director of merchandising for Capel. We'll be posting a story on Kevin's approach to the rug business in the next day or two.

Hmmmm. These folks look familiar. Bill Martin, left, and Randy Kremer, second right, of Rugs Direct, Winchester, VA, visit with new vendor JLA Home. The JLA Home rug team is headed by industry vets Linda Harlow, second left, and Paul Pauluzzi.

Jaunty's Kami Navid, right, welcomes retailer Darren Ausmus of Luxe Home Interiors, Victoria, BC, Canada. Although it's a long ride from northwestern Canada to southeastern US, Darren says he likes the ambiance of High Point.

New faces at Feizy, from left: Greg Wronsky, northeast sales manager; Ed Mitre, director of marketing and advertising, and Tim Coffey, southeast sales representative.

On a scouting mission: Evert Kroon, sales director of Dutch manufacturer  Brink & Campman, left, with Masland's J.D. Lineberger, executive vp of rugs, and Robin Criswell, director of product development for Masland. Masland was recently named US and Canadian distributor for Brink & Campman.

 NOPE, not Halloween yet. But send us some M&M's anyway.  Lissa Wyman, left, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com and Christine Manicad, associate buyer of area rugs and lighting for Macy's.com, New York were guests for a plant tour at Karastan's manufacturing facilities in Eden, NC. Read all about it very soon!

Ta-Ta and Thumbs Up!
Lissa Wyman, center, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com, is joined by Reza Momeni, left, and Rob Leahy, owner of Fine Rugs of Charleston to say so-long for awhile. We'll see you at the Atlanta International Rug Market, Jan.13 to 16, 2011

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