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At Safavieh: Ken Petke, second left, of Safavieh's furniture division, greets this group from Boulder-based HW Home. From left: Ron Wener, Jim Hering, Bev Werner Needham
and David Sumrak.

Thomas M. Lindh, president and ceo of the IHFC, left, stops
off to say hello to Nasser Rahmadan, president of Masterlooms.

The Liora Manne showroom was filled with such product
 lines as lamps, shoes, boots, tableware, handbags,
furniture and - oh yes - rugs. Greeting customers are, from left: Liora Manne, Mary Ann Smith and Gail Fox of Liora Manne.

Emily Wilson, left, and Kate Hill Tapia of Dash & Albert, Pittsfield, MA. The accent rug division of Pine Cone Hill is expanding beyond textiles-coordinates and is showing independently of the parent company.

Ron Couri, left, president and ceo of Couristan and
Steve Codella, Couristan senior vice president, welcome Kathy Leffler and Kim Nyman of Home Decorators
Collection, St. Louis.
 

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FEIZY KICKS OF 35TH ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION WITH GALA
MARKET SQUARE DINNER


Paul Chapman, president and vice chairman of ABC
Carpet & Home, New York, congratulates John Feizy, founder and president of Feizy Rug as company kicks off 35th
Anniversary celebration with gala
dinner at High Point Market.



Dale Sweary, vice president of sales for Feizy, welcomes Eric Wright, rug buyer for Gabbert's, Minneapolis.

Standing: the mother-daughter team of Christie, left, and Cheryl Mintz of Hurwitz-Mintz Furniture, Metairie, LA with Charles and Alyse Sprintz of Sprintz Furniture, Nashville.

Roy Evans, Feizy sales manager, left; George Mazas, Mazas Design Gallery, Dunedin, FL; Pat Doak, Feizy Florida sales representative, and Dale Sweary, vice president of sales for Feizy.

Left to right: Jason Darnell, Feizy representative, Wesley Anderson and Abu Bakr Khan of Abu Rugs & Home, Jamestown, NC, and Garland Darnell, Feizy representative.

From left: Sharon Sondergard, Classic Coverings, Raleigh, NC; Ray Hashemi, Feizy; Mary Conroy, owner of Classic Coverings; Danny Nicholson, owner of Designers on the Move, Lexington, NC, and Lorraine Nicholson, Specialty Interiors, Lexington, NC.Danny's company does the heavy lifting and hauling for Lorraine's clients. Sounds like a good plan.

 John Feizy, standing center,  joins a table of jolly Canadians. Seated, from left: Debra Schulz, Francine Allan and Leah Michaels of Finesse Home Living, Edmunton, Alberta, Canada. Standing, from left: Jack Sarkins of Finesse Home, John Feizy and Robert Betty, Feizy salesman in Canada.

Ray Hashemi, vp of sales for Feizy Division 2, center, with Veronica Haddad and Marie Derderian of Lamps Plus, Chatsworth, CA. Lamps Plus is a multi-store retailer just getting into the rug business.

John Feizy, center, surrounded by the powerful (and hot) women of Feizy. From left: Stacy Feraco, Monica Loring, Kristine Clary and Betsy Holotik.

John Feizy salutes his customers and staff as 35th
Anniversary Celebration begins.


Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com with the man of the hour, John Feizy. We'll celebrate again in Atlanta, January 17 to 20, 2008

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At Loloi: Amir Loloi, left, Melaine Heald, Carpet Discount Warehouse, Charlotte, and Gil LaRowe, Loloi sales agent for North Carolina and South Carolina.

Bill Baker of Sphinx with Marie Derderian of Lamps Plus,
 the big lighting store chain that's headquartered in Chatsworth, CA. The 47-store Lamps Plus is diversifying into the rug business.

At Nourison: Kevin Foster, left, of Nourison, with
Don Rogers of Rogers Brothers Fabrics, a three-store chain in Florence, Columbia and Charleston, SC. Rogers is just getting into the rug business.

Guess it's official now. David Moss, left, has joined the sales staff of Feizy Rug and he will be covering the southeast. He will report to Dale Sweary, right, who is vice president of sales for Feizy. Moss was most recently an independent sales agent in the southeast. Earlier, he served as sales manager for Shaw Living.

Rizwan Ansari, left, president of Rizzy Rug, and Mark
Ferullo, right, vice president of sales and marketing for
Rizzy, flank this jolly group of sisters from Belle Maison
and Naperies in Dallas: Caroline Barry, Laura Cowan and Ruth Vander Plas.

At Surya: Joan Catello, vice president of national
accounts for Surya, left; Eric and Diane Lackey of
Decorator's Edge, Thomasville, NC; and Jeff Gonzalez, vice president of sales for Surya.

Here's the new gang at Rizzy Rugs. From left: Barry Edwards, operations manager at Rizzy's newly-expanded Calhoun, GA, warehouse; Eric Bauer president of Eric Bauer Marketing, which handles Rizzy's advertising and public relations; Brian Hall, newly named southeast sales manager; Mark Ferullo, vice president of sales and marketing for Rizzy, and Rizwan Ansari, president of Rizzy.

Rohit Singh, left, southeast sales manager for Surya, with Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com

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Klaussner spokesperson Genevieve Gorder, center, with Jeff Davis, Klaussner executive vice president, left, Randy Kremer, ceo of Rugs Direct, Winchester, VA; Bill Martin, vice president of Rugs Direct, and Steve Roan, who heads development of Klaussner’s rug program. Klaussner is opening up its Complements home accents program to non-Klaussner stores.

Asha Chaudhary, left, chief executive officers of Jaipur Rugs, with Paige Ward and Anna Givens of Rugs Underfoot/Shades of Light/Curtains on Call, Richmond, VA, and Emily Truett, key accounts manager for Jaipur.

Doug Ernewein,left, buyer for HOM Furniture in Minneapolis, with  Karen Ellman, Momeni midwest sales agent, and
Reza Momeni, president of Momeni. Ernewein tells us his primary reason for coming to High Point is to confer with Hom's furniture and accessory buyers in order to make sure rugs coordinate with furniture in the store. He tells us that way-out contemporary is losing its appeal as consumers become more cautious in making buying decisions.
Today's top sellers include transitional and relaxed traditional styling he says.

Joe Barkley, executive vice president of Kaleen, stands behind these ladies from Winner's in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. From left: France Chouinard, Lucie Suprenant, and Deborah Young.

Erica Mayblum, center, of RugsUSA, Mineola, NY, with Howard Gottesman, left, sales agent, and Matthew Rouhanian, president of Dynamic Rugs.

These jaunty guys from Jaunty are Kami Navid, left, executive vice president, and Mac McCormick, vice president of sales and marketing.

At Global Accents, Inc.: North and South Carolina sales
 agent C.J. Needham, left, and Danny Partelli, president
 of Global Accents. 

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At Momeni: John Ward, rug buyer for Kane's Furniture, the 16-store Florida chain based in Pinellas Park, FL, with Ray Ehsani, left, Momeni vice president, and Jeff Koehler, Momeni sales agent in Florida.

At Jaipur: Rebecca Low and Pamela Randall of Low's Corp, Dallas, with Asha Chaudhary, Jaipur ceo, and Terry Foltz, Jaipur business development manager.

Darryl Ernst and Diane Carleo of United Weavers show off the company's new merchandising unit which combines the immediacy of a dump carton with the sturdiness of a permanent display.

Chandra Tiwari, president of Chandra Rugs, with Sharron Lewis, Sharron Lewis Design Central, Miami.

At Miresco's stunning showroom at The Mill on Centennial, from left: Greg Jordt, vice president of Miresco's wholesale division; Joan McGee, Lane Home Builder Services, Connover, NC; Amir Mireskandari, president of Miresco, and Lisa Briand, Lane Home Builder Services, Portland, OR. Lane uses Miresco rugs for all its model homes nation-wide.

Koorosh Yaraghi, president of RugsUSA, a House Accents Company, Mineola, NY, pauses to chat with Bud Wyman, founder and former president of Rug-Hold. Wyman has recently been promoted to chief purse-holder for Rugnews.com.

Xu Ling Wen, vice chairman of the China Chamber of Commerce for Carpets, came to High Point to touch base with rug importers and study the US market. Ling Wen is
 also an officer of Shanxi Pianguan Gifts & Carpet Factory, Shanxi, China. He tells us that he reads Rugnews.com
every day. (Doesn't everybody?)

Ravi Tiwari, vice president of Chandra Rugs, joins Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com to say ta-ta til next year! We'll see everyone in a couple months at the Atlanta International Rug Market, Jan. 17 to 20, 2008.

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Hellenic Greek Party Time

Candice Olson, center, with Alberta Luchetti, left, designer for Einstein-Moomjy, Paramus, NJ, and Walter Moomjy, president of Einstein-Moomjy. Einstein-Moomjy just installed a Candice Olson Rug Gallery in its Paramus store and another Gallery will soon be installed in the New York branch.

Angel Godbolt and Steve Mazarakis, of Hellenic greet Yianni Kalotaranis and Vasilis Zamanis of Kalotaranis, SA, Kavala, Greece. It's a multi-store retail chain with stores in Sofia, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Greece. Kalotaranis already carries Candic Olson fabric and wallpaper, and will now become a Candice Olson Gallery rug retailer, as well.

Peter Rogakis,chief operating officer of Hellenic Rug Imports, with Marty Little, one of Hellenic's sales agents.

Allan Morris, left, Vicki Worsham, and Moe Maybody of Burdorf's Interiors, Louisville, KY.

Don Smith, left, president of Ultra Shield, Somerset, KY, with Dan Westervelt, a designer and regional sales agent for Hellenic. Ultra Shield is a maker of fabric protector for fabric, leather, wood and rugs.

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