Atlanta Market Dates Expanded
AmericasMart Atlanta announced that the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® will maintain its eight day run for the January and July 2014 Markets. Although a shortened run was previously announced, the results of extensive qualitative research conducted with buyers and exhibitors during the July 2013 Market indicate that AmericasMart Markets are increasingly too important and much too valuable for anything other than a straight Tuesday-to-Tuesday run. Showrooms during the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market® will be open from Tuesday, January 7 to Tuesday, January 14, 2014. Temporaries will be open from Thursday, January 9 to Monday, January 13, 2014. During the Atlanta International Area Rug Market® featuring the National Oriental Rug Show, showrooms will be open from Wednesday, January 8 to Saturday, January 11, 2014; temporaries will be open from Thursday, January 9 to Saturday, January 11, 2014. Next July’s Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market®, showrooms will be open Tuesday, July 8 to Tuesday, July 15, 2014; temporaries will be open from Thursday, July 10 to Monday, July 14, 2014 and showrooms during the Atlanta International Area Rug Market® will be open from Wednesday, July 9 to Saturday, July 12,...
RevitaRUGS To Show In Atlanta
RevitaRUGS, the premier Antique, Oriental, Persian and high end designer area rug cleaning company will be participating exclusively in The Atlanta International Area Rug Market® from January 10th to 13th. Hamid Zarei, the founder and owner of revitaRUGS, and Azita Goldman, VP Business Development, are enthusiastic about attending the AmericasMart, Atlanta once again and re-connecting with their customers. “The merchants who are participating at the AmericasMart National Oriental Rug Show are our end users. We’re also eager to introduce revitaRUGS to the interior designers, architects and rug enthusiasts who will be there,” Azita Goldman commented. “AmericasMart Atlanta has created a unique campus spreading over several city blocks. Exhibitors from all over the world, including buyers, designers and new entrepreneurs, walk through this marketplace,” Ms. Goldman observed. “The variety of products, new and exclusive lines, are all easily accessible for those who attend this show year after year.” RevitaRUGS, a leading NYC rug cleaning company, started in Italy, where handmade rugs were the staple of every stylish home. In order to preserve the fine quality of these rugs and insure the health and safety of their owners, the company’s founder Hamid Zarei developed a new way to care for fine and antique rugs. Utilizing an innovative technology that restores life and revitalizes the rugs with ultra-purified water and pure organic additives, Zarei’s method even handles the most delicate silk, viscose, natural fibers, Persian, and Oriental rug with ease. RevitaRUGS has been serving the New York Metro area with excellent praises from the rug merchants and consumers alike. RevitaRUGS not only cleans but revitalizes and restores rugs, purging them of dirt, bacteria, dust mites, allergens, stains, odors and chemicals, and removes the toxic residue left by previous rug cleaners. Revita is a member of the...
Kalaty To Host Atlanta Event
Kalaty Rug Corporation will host a special event during the Atlanta International Rug Show in honor of their newest licensed rug collections – Newport Mansions and Portfolio by Parisa. The party, which includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and live music, will be held from 4 – 7 pm on Thursday, January 10, at the company’s AmericasMart showroom, 4-G-14. Designer Parisa Abdollahi and representatives from The Preservation Society of Newport County will be special guests of honor at the event. The Preservation Society’s representatives will be present throughout the market to talk about the historic homes of Newport, Rhode Island, and the various inspirations for this special rug collection. In addition, there will be special signage depicting many of the Newport Mansions. Founded in 1945, The Preservation Society of Newport County is a private non-profit education organization, which through donated funds, gifts, bequests and loans, is today able to display one of the most extraordinary cross sections of American architecture and interiors in the country. The houses, cottages and mansions of Newport’s “Gilded Age” are preserved as museums that provide the world with a place to appreciate and study America’s rich architectural, artistic and decorative heritage from the past 250 years. Kalaty has proudly joined a list of companies who produce authorized reproductions and adaptations of objects in The Society’s vast collections, which helps to sustain the Society’s mission of educating the public as well as preserving and maintaining these historic houses. Kalaty is a member of the...
Nourison’s Falsetti Receives Rugs Direct Award
Nourison’s Gina Falsetti was presented the Rugs Direct “Rep Of The Year” Award on July 11, 2012, during the Atlanta market. Rugs Direct is a leading online retailer of area rugs. The award was presented by Rugs Direct president Randy Kremer and Bill Martin, the company’s national sales director at Nourison’s permanent showroom. Nourison is a member of the ORIA. According to Kremer, “The rep of the year is awarded to the person that works the hardest to grow Rugs Direct business with their line. It is based on their communication with us, their desire to support us on our marketing and sales initiatives both online and in the stores, and their assistance with customer service issues. This is one award that has the input from all the divisions in our company.” “Gina Falsetti was the obvious choice as our rep of the year. She has worked tirelessly to help us promote Nourison products to our customers and increase the brand’s well-deserved market share. Gina truly is our partner, not just a vendor rep, and we are proud to recognize her many achievements with this award,” said...
July Atlanta Market Features New Showrooms, New Lines
Home buyers will find six new or expanded area rug showrooms, many new product lines plus informative seminars, during The Atlanta International Area Rug Market, July 12-15 at AmericasMart in conjunction with The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market July 11-18 (Temporaries July 13-17). AmericasMart is considered the premier area rug marketplace in America, a complementary component to the unmatched collection of Home product lines available during Market. The Rug Collection opens as a new exhibitor during the July Market in Building 1, Floor 3 of AmericasMart. The expanded and relocated area rug showrooms, all in Building 1 include Azra Imports, Banilivy Rug Corporation and Liberty Oriental Rugs, Inc., all on Floor 4 and Anadol and Jaipur Rugs, Inc., both on Floor 3. “The Atlanta International Area Rug Market continues to remain a vital touch point for us to connect with many key customers,” says Asha Chaudhary, president and CEO of Jaipur Rugs, Inc. “We are excited to debut our newly expanded space on the third floor of Building 1 for Summer Market. Doubling our current showroom allows us to better showcase our expanding rug line – as well as our pillow range and the other new categories we’re moving into for 2013 and beyond.” Nourison kicks off The Atlanta International Area Rug Market the evening before with glam designer Barclay Butera, at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11. Butera, whose mantra is “beautiful yet livable design,” will feature his six new lines in the Nourison showroom, Building 1, Floor 3, Showroom 3-F-2. Early arrivals will receive a copy of Butera’s new book, “Living on the Coast!” Quantities limited. Nourison is a member of the ORIA. Designer Laurie Hickson-Smith presents “The Final Touch in Home Décor,” Friday, July 13, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Building 1, Floor 4, Room 4-A-1. Hickson-Smith, a designer on TLC’s popular “Trading Spaces,” brings her classic and contemporary style to rooms starting with fabulous floor coverings. Buyers can drop off a business card from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Building 1, Floor 3 Thursday, July 12 and enter a raffle for a Kindle Fire. At 2 p.m., cool off with a complimentary ice cream and watch the drawing. The raffle will be repeated from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in Building 1, Floor 4 Friday, July 13 and in Building 1, Floor 5 Saturday, July 14, and ice cream and the drawing will take place at 2 p.m. on both days. As part of the ongoing educational programming for experts and those interested in learning, there’s a full lineup of Oriental Rug Retailers of America (ORRA) seminars: • “In the Dragons’ Shadow: Dragon Rugs and the Legacy of...