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Jeff Gonzalez, center, director of furniture store sales for Nourison, welcomes Seth Goldberg, left, and Mike Goldberg of Raymour & Flanigan, New York.

At KAS, Steve Roan, left, vice president of marketing, with Molly Harris of Kas, and Lavern and Reggy Gehman of Treehouse Associates, Havre de Grace, MD.

Rob Leahy, second left, owner of Fine Rugs of Charleston, Charleston, SC, with Safavieh's Jody Shapiro, left, Angie Herbert, and company principal Cyrus Yaraghi.

Feizy celebrated its 40th anniversary with a huge 70's Bash. Jeffrey Goodman,left, of Goodman Charlton, New York, shares some 70's memories with  Mark Jerdon of Feizy. We're not sure if Jeffrey's outfit is an homage to the 70's or if that's his regular attire. Jerdon's tie. however, is definitely vintage 70's.

 Mitchell Massey of Blanche P. Field, Boston, left,
with Tom Morris of Loloi.

Jim McNally of Capel, center, with Sandra Zwierzchowski, left, of Instinctive Interiors, Birmingham, MI, and Patti Kommel of Homework Interiors, Birmingham, MI. Sandra goes by the name Sandra Z. Wonder why?
 

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Kathy Leffler, center, of Buy Now or Never, St. Louis, visits Safavieh principals Cyrus Yaraghi, left, and Arash Yaraghi.

At Shaw, left to right: Valerie Dunn of Shaw; Katie Holt, Janet Malennnnn and Aimee Concepcion of Urban Outfitters, Philadelphia, and  Ken Breithaupt, eastern regional manager for Shaw Living.                            

 The Rugs Direct Team NEVER miss a market. Here they are at Momeni: Left to right: Adrienne Wooddell; Randy Kremer; Betty Gildea of Momeni, and Bill Martin of Rugs Direct. The Internet company is headquartered in Winchester, VA.

 At Karastan/American Rug Craftsmen, left to right: Matthew Tollison of Karastan/American Rug; Whitney Dunn, Keith Dunn and John Lord of Hall's Flooring, Charlotte, NC, and Brandon Culpepper, vice president of Karastan/American Rug.

Kim Nyman of Home Decorators Collection by Home Depot, Atlanta, with Jonathon Witt and Maria Metropolous-Ward of Sphinx by Oriental Weavers. OW just announced new licensing agreement with Pantone and will be introducing the first products in July.

Edward Verdiev of Pasargad. The importer of fine rugs was showing for the second time at High Point Market.

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Jaipur Family portrait: Jaipur founder N.K. Chaudhary, center, with daughters Asha Chaudhary, left, ceo of Jaipur's US operations, and Kavita Chaudhary, head of design.

Loloi family group: Seated is Amir Loloi, founder and president of Loloi, with sons Cyrus Loloi, left, and Stephen Loloi.

At Oriental Weavers, from left: Sam Belak of Oriental Weavers; Lindsay Nomeyko, assistant product manager of Plow & Hearth, Madison, VA; Steve Hubbart of Oriental Weavers, and Miles Elliot, product manager of Plow & Hearth.

At Capel: Allen Robertson, vp of sales; John Magee, president, and Leon Capel, company principal. We've been saying "hey" to Leon at markets for over 40 years.

Joe Barkley, center, Rizzy's newly-named southeast and mid-Atlantic sales manager, greets Gene Francis, left, of Babytown, Sioux Falls, SD, and Amanda Francis of Kid Stuff, Sioux Falls, SD.

Jim (aka Jim-ba) Gavolis of Surya with Karen Trautman Hayslip and James Hayslip of Trautman Interiors, Findlay, OH, and Aku Ilodibe of Interiors by Design, Lagos, Nigeria.

Mike Massman,  vice president of national sales of Due Process Stable Trading Co.

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Satya Tiwari, left, president of Surya, with Randy Kremer, president of Rugs Direct, Winchester, VA.

Monty Rathi, coo of Kaleen, left, working with Kim Nyman, buyer for Home Decorators Collection by Home Depot, Atlanta.

 Brothers Shahzeb Alam, sales executive, and Zubair Alam, vice president of sales for Alliyah. The rug importing company is expanding in the home accessories category as well as rugs.

At Rizzy, left to right: Larry Hedrick, Rizzy midwest regional sales manager; Martin Abrahams and Ana Abrahams of Supernova Furniture, Houston, and Kevin Welch, national sales manager for Rizzy.

Trans-Ocean sales reps Eric Horry, left, and Leslie Horry, right, with Glenda Milay of Lighting Emporium, Springdale, AR

At Taysee: Harlee Bailey, sales administrator with
company principal Sadi Sevimli.

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Feizy's southeast sales manager Brian Hall, center, with Mary John Minter, left, and Elaine Minter, right of Furniture Land South, Jamestown, NC

Mark Ferullo, center, vice president of Rizzy Home with Susan Hadinger, left, and Judy Hadinger of Hadinger Floors, Naples, FL. Judy tells us it was her first trip to High Point and the team is looking for home accents as a possible way to diversif product mix.

At Loloi, left to right: Jorge Puga of Loloi; Cecilia Chan of Gabela, Chihuaha, Mexico; Jesus Chan of Ashley Mexico, and Jane Agiurre of Loloi.

Gray Christie, left, and Darryl Ernst, center, greet Melva Houck, South Coast Design, Virginia Beach, VA.

 Dana Bazzell and Laurie Rollins of Lulu's Home Trends Gallery, Murray, KY, with Michael Heath, sales manager for Chandra.

Sandra St. Pierre of Mobilia, Point Claire, Quebec, Canada, with Ankush Gupta, president of Hellenic Canada.

Jalil Raoofi, Eddie Simantob and Max Moussavi of Art Resources.

So long from High Point! See ya in Atlanta!
Home Fashion Superstar Kathy Ireland, left, with Alex Peykar, Nourison principal, right, and Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com. We'll try to grow a couple inches between now and July so we can be eyeball to eyeball with Kathy and Alex. Maybe we'll remember our baseball cap, too!
 

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