Kevin Kennedy

SADDLE BROOK, NJ — May 10, 2012.  Nourison is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Kennedy to the position of Vice President of its Home Textiles Division. He will report to Steven Peykar, Co-CEO of Nourison.

Mr. Kennedy will be responsible for developing and strengthening Nourison’s position as a leading manufacturer of home accent products including area rugs, scatter rugs and decorative accessories.

“We are very pleased to have someone with Kevin’s experience on our team,” said Steven Peykar. “He is a highly accomplished,results-oriented person and I am certain he will help us increase our market share in this important and growing category for our company.”

Mr. Kennedy is a 35-year veteran of the rug and home fashions industry. Most recently, he worked at his own consulting company in New York. Prior to that, he was COO of Glenoit, LLC and Glenoit’s Consumer Products Division.  He has also held various management positions at Couristan, Inc.

Nourison is a leading global floor covering company that produces extensive collections of virtually every category of rugs and carpets. A fully vertically integrated company, Nourison oversees almost every aspect of the manufacturing process from wool spinning to dyeing, weaving and finishing. Supported by an unparalleled dealer system, Nourison has become the leading multi-product resource in the floor covering industry in the United States and Europe.

For further details, visit www.nourison.com.
For more information, please contact: Thomas Itty, Marketing Director
T. 201.368.6900×2252 • thomas.itty@nourison.com

"Veracruz" from Gary Cruz Studio (NYC)

New York (May 8, 2012) –Texas born, New York-based designer Gary Cruz will introduce his ¡Viva Mexico! line of rugs at The New York International Carpet Show (NYICS), which will take place on September 9–11 at the 7 West Building in New York City.

The ¡Viva Mexico! line pays tribute to Mexican culture with seven new contemporary rug designs based on traditional Mexican motifs. These ancient abstract motifs range from serpents, sea shells, smoke, stepped-up fretwork patterns, to eyes or ears.

All of Gary Cruz Studio rugs are hand-knotted at 100 knots per inch in Nepal, using a combination of Tibetan Wool and Chinese Silk. The traditional Tibetan knot weaving method is used. They are Goodweave certified – no child labor is used. The rugs are made-to-order and can be customized in color and size at no additional charge.

The rugs in the collection are named after Mexican cities, and the motifs are updated and modernized by manipulating scale, repetition, and color.

In the Merida rug, an abstracted sea shell motif is enlarged, and repeated to form a new overall pattern, rendered in lush maroon silk on a golden wool background.

The Acapulco rug repeats a square plumed serpent design across the surface of the rug in a striped gradation of silk ocean blues on an off-white wool background.

Monterrey is a tone on tone all wool rug with a supersized Aztec abstract geometric design.

The Cuernavaca rug, is composed of an all-over pattern of dots and concentric circles derived from designs representing eyes or seeds. The coral colored silk dots are ringed by light teal circles on a darker teal background. Even though it’s geometric, the design is purposefully casual and imperfect.

The Veracruz rug is all pretty in pink. A stepped up fret design was stretched, enlarged, mirrored and repeated, to produce a large modern graphic. Then it was rendered in pink-on-pink wool with white silk outlining the shapes.

Cabo repeats a motif representing smoke or ears, in irregular lines across the background. The motif is rendered in lavender silk on a heathered dusty rose colored background.

The ¡Buenos Dias Buenas Noches! rug continues Mr. Cruz’s interest in using type or words on rugs. Here the Mexican greeting of Good Morning and Good Evening are used to form the pattern of the rug, with certain letters or symbols highlighted in different colors.

The New York International Carpet Show (NYICS) is a distinctive marketplace for the best contemporary and transitional decorative carpets in the industry. It is a showcase for innovative products by visionary weavers. Dates are September 9, 10 and 11, 2012 at 7 West, 7 West 34th Street, New York 10001. Entry is free for interior designers and architects. NYICS is an ASID Industry Partner.

For more information contact Adam Verboys / adam@garycruzstudio.com / 617-823-6255

The Global Views showroom is among many recent and forthcoming additions expanding AmericasMart’s home, rug, gift and apparel franchise, which continues in its role as the world’s true global marketplace following more than 51 years of master-planned growth. Its seven-million square foot facility houses the world’s single-largest collection of product under one roof and is the ranking preferred destination for retailers and designers from every U.S. state and more than 90 countries.

Secured under a multi-year commitment on floor 14 of AmericasMart Building One, the new Global Views corporate showroom is now under construction for grand-opening events scheduled to occur with the July 11-18 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. The showroom creates a major new 14th-floor design-driven resource adding significantly to AmericasMart’s large and growing home furnishings and home accents product mix.

“Global Views helps define the direction of our growing design-driven product presentation on floor 14,” notes David Savula, AMC executive vice president in charge of all AmericasMart home and gift leasing. “The scope and depth of its product lines and the unmistakable look and feel of its brand align perfectly with the design environment we are creating on this signature floor,” Savula adds.

With its new showroom on track for the July 2012 debut, Global Views joins a long line of the home furnishings industry’s most celebrated brands located in 14th floor corporate showrooms, including Century Furniture, Currey & Company, Ambella Home Collection, Port 68 and many others.

“Global Views is legendary in the world of premium home furnishings and home accents product with a design aesthetic grounded in pure creativity, innovation and inspiration,” notes Portman. “Their new showroom will become a showplace of style with the expansive space designed and created to spotlight the full depth and breadth of a large and always-growing Global Views merchandise mix,” Portman adds.

“Global Views has had a tremendous run in the Atlanta market with Southern Accessories Today for the last 15 years. Now jumping off and having our own showroom on the 14th floor will offer us the opportunity to show our line in its entirety and also give our new company – Studio A – the presence it deserves in the marketplace,” says David Gebhart, Global Views chief executive officer. “We are creating a stimulating environment in both Global Views and Studio A to draw increased traffic to our lines during market – as well as day-to-day as we welcome the best designers and retailers from around the world to our exciting new showroom. Everyone in our company is elated by the amazing opportunity our space on the 14th floor in AmericasMart will bring.”

Open Monday through Friday, the 14th-floor HOME & DESIGN collection naturally complements AmericasMart’s vast Home Accents, Furnishings and Fine Linens offerings, and that of AmericasMart’s sister design center entity The Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC), which exclusively offers luxury home furnishings and fabrics. Floor 14 exhibitors enjoy four markets annually plus daily traffic from credentialed designers and retailers.

The Global Views grand-opening ribbon cutting event will be scheduled for early in the July Market within the new Building One 14-C-1 space. Commitment to the new location coincides with the appointment of Josh Jarboe as National Sales Director and Shawn Johnson-Burns as Key Accounts Manager and Training Manager for Global Views and its sister companies Global Views Direct Sourcing and Studio A. The new sales management team will operate under Jarboe’s supervision in the Atlanta corporate showroom.

Louis Ragy

Calhoun, GA. – April xx, 2012 – Rizzy Home, one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of handmade rugs, textiles and furniture, announced it has hired Louis Ragy as its National Account Manager.

As a rug and textile industry veteran, Mr. Ragy’s specialized knowledge of international rug and textile markets, successful background in marketing and sales and expertise in product development make him a strong asset to Rizzy Home.

Louis has served as Senior Vice President of Sales for Beaulieu of America’s textile division, as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Tradeam, and as President and CEO of Smartful Rugs and Textiles.

“Louis brings many years of experience in sales and product development that will help grow our business.  He has both textile and rug experience that will contribute to the success of Rizzy Home,” says Rizzy Home president Mark Ferullo.

Louis has expert knowledge of rug and textile market trends. He has greatly increased profitability for major marketing divisions and has worked with top U.S. retailers, including TJ maxx group, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Ross, Big Lots, Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, Sears, Kmart and Target.

This design is available in sizes ranging from 2×3 up to 12×16, custom sizes and runners are also available.