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Rug editor Lissa Wyman provides in-depth coverage of the rug industry, including news, analysis and style trend reports. Includes coverage of style, color, construction, marketing, merchandising, manufacturing and sourcing.

  • GoodWeave certifies 3 more rug importers as child-labor-free

    Alex Lemonde-Gray, February 6, 2012
    WASHINGTON — GoodWeave, an organization working to end child labor in the hand-made rug industry, announced that three more U.S. rug companies have joined its certification program, committing to a child-labor-free supply chain.  More
  • Karastan iPad app useful

    Alex Lemonde-Gray, February 6, 2012
    DALTON, Ga. - Karastan's new Karastan on the Go iPad app, which allows consumers access to the rug and carpet source's full catalog from anywhere, is helping dealers boost their website traffic, according to the company.  More
  • Linon moves to bigger WMC space

    Furniture Today Staff, February 6, 2012
    LAS VEGAS - Importer Linon Home Décor is moving to a larger showroom for this week's Las Vegas Market.  More
  • Home furnishings retailers better open virtual stores

    Lissa Wyman, February 6, 2012
    Long before Wal-Mart gave independent retailers the heebiejeebies, the A&P drove Main Street grocers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers to despair. I heartily recommend a new book, "The Great A & P and the Struggle for Small Business in America" by Marc Levinson (Hill & Wang, $27.95). Not only is it an interesting history of the A&P, which started in 1859, it also provides a valuable overview of how we buy and sell goods and services.  More
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  • Surya offers seven new Dick Idol area rugs

    Furniture Today Staff, February 2, 2012
    New styles that Surya is adding to its Dick Idol licensed Arizona and Santa Fe collections focus on geometric Southwestern and mountain home designs. Colors range from fiery reds and oranges to calming taupes and blues. LAS VEGAS - Surya is offering seven new Dick Idol licensed rugs in its showroom at this week's Las Vegas Market.  More
  • Rug vendors cite energized, upbeat buyers

    Ray Allegrezza, January 27, 2012
    ATLANTA - Rug exhibitors showing at last week's Atlanta Gift and Rug Market here played to a packed house of energized and upbeat buyers.  More
  • Safavieh offers lower-priced Jamie Drake rug collection

    Alex Lemonde-Gray, January 27, 2012
    PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Safavieh says it will introduce a new collection of eight Jamie Drake rugs in a lower-priced construction than the company's existing Drake-licensed rugs at the Las Vegas Market, Jan. 30-Feb 3.  More
  • Atlanta market heats up

    Thomas Russell, January 27, 2012
    ATLANTA - Furniture vendors showing at the Jan. 11-18 edition of the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market continued to broaden their distribution to smaller furniture retailers and specialty accent and gift shops in and outside the Southeast.  More
  • Capel giving away Kindle Fires in Las Vegas promotion

    Furniture Today Staff, January 26, 2012
    LAS VEGAS — Capel Rugs is giving away one Kindle Fire tablet computer each day from Monday, Jan. 30 through Wednesday, Feb. 1, in its showroom here at market.  More
  • Safavieh to launch lower-priced Jamie Drake rug line in Las Vegas

    Alex Lemonde-Gray, January 19, 2012
    Alhambra by Jamie Drake for Safavieh features a bold and elegant layered arabesque design in fashion forward colors. PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — Safavieh says it will introduce a new collection of eight Jamie Drake rugs in a lower-priced construction than the company's existing Drake-licensed rugs at the Las Vegas Market, Jan. 30-Feb 3.  More

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