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Nina Smith, founding CEO of GoodWeave International, named to JWFNY Collective
Nina Smith, founding CEO of GoodWeave International, was recently named one of ten Jewish women social entrepreneurs selected to the fourth cohort of the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New York (JWFNY) Collective. The Collective — established in 2019 — is an incubator for Jewish women change-makers using a Jewish and gender lens to address critical societal needs and issues, both existing and emerging, with the innovation and determination to make meaningful systemic change and inspire others.
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INSIDER REPORT: High Point Market Rug Exhibitors Push Forward with Creative New Designs
Talk to nearly anyone who attended the recently concluded High Point Market and they’ll tell you that traffic was noticeably higher than the last...
Au Naturel: Feeding the Need for Nature
When we prompted a search for naturally-inspired rugs in organic tones using natural fibers like wool and silk, the responses we received were...
Fiber-Shield Develops FAST-KLEEN Eco-friendly Carpet Cleaner
Fiber-Shield Industries, a company that makes eco-friendly rug, fabric, and carpet cleaners, is on a mission to change the way we think about...
Hot in High Point
Despite all of the challenges the industry has faced over the past two years, rug exhibitors are excited to get back to High Point Market, show new...
Designer Mindset
Rug companies continue to focus on programs that make it easier for interior designers to find and purchase custom rugs. Interior designers have...
Somewhere In The Middle
Area rug companies expand hybrid styles to balance artisan- and machine-made constructions. Trends abound in area rugs, keeping category players...
Zollanvari — Lasting Legacy
Zollanvari Celebrates 75 Years by Learning from the Past and Looking Toward the Future To say Zollanvari has a long and rich history would be an...
Vintage Vignettes
Nourison and HGTV star Nicole Curtis partnered to create a line of vintage-inspired Persian rug designs for a new collection that debuted at the...
Modern Rugs vs. Traditional Rugs
In the Winter 2022 issue of RUG INSIDER Magazine, one of the questions explored is that of the New Traditionals, as the question is asked, are...
Traditional Redux | The Presence of the Past
Redone. Restored. Brought back. Revisited. Choose your own synonym for borrowing from classic style. Whether rugs, furniture or fashion, designers...
Generation Contemplation
It seems like yesterday my child was still sitting on my lap while watching cartoons. Though it saddens me to be helpless in slowing the clock hands of...
The Rug Show Returns
Following pandemic-related postponements, The Rug Show returns to the East Coast at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey on...