HIGH POINT, N.C. – April 28, 2026 – Five inspiring furniture and home décor products from 25 finalists have been selected as ANDMORE’s Market Snapshot “People’s Choice” Award winners for the Spring 2026 High Point Market. The winners are: Benton Lane, Galerie Wallcoverings, Villa & House, Jeffan andBDI.

The Spring 2026 Market Snapshot program spotlighted standout exhibitor products through five trend‑driven themes—Tactile Softness, Untamed Botanicals, Modern Deco, Crafted Naturals and Modern Minimalism—celebrating design innovation, craftsmanship and emerging market trends.

Spring 2026 Winners & Featured Products:

Tactile Softness: Benton Lane

Product: West Garden: Lemon Garden (Salon G-6026)
Details: Large-scale wall murals designed as full-wall compositions rather than repeats. Available in traditional or peel-and-stick.

Untamed Botanicals: Galerie Wallcoverings

Product: Ornamenta Collection (SAMS M-5026)
Details: A mix of textured stripes, florals, and shimmery leaf designs in green, blue, and neutral tones.

Modern Deco: Villa & House

Product: Edith Mirror (Interhall IH510, 609, 610)
Details: A 34"W x 50"H rectangular mirror with baguette-cut glass panels and a polished brass frame. Supports vertical or horizontal hanging.

Crafted Naturals: Jeffan

Product: Banyan Organic Mosaic Teak Dining Base (IHFC D536)
Details: A 26"W pedestal base made of FSC-certified, kiln-dried reclaimed teak wood. Designed for use with glass tops.

Modern Minimalism: BDI

Product: Halcyon Collection (IHFC D724)
Details: BDI’s expansion into dining. Halcyon features a rectangular table (72"/84") with integrated storage.

The Spring 2026 People’s Choice winners represent the diversity of product found across 1,100+ permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits. Following this spring season, the industry will reconvene for the Fall 2026 High Point Market, scheduled for October 17–21, 2026.

About ANDMORE at High Point Market: High Point Market is the largest and longest-running furnishings industry trade show in the world, featuring an extensive selection of exhibitors across every category, style, and price point for the home. The twice-yearly markets attract tens of thousands of domestic and international retail home furnishings buyers, interior designers, architects, and other industry professionals. ANDMORE owns 17 buildings spanning 7 million square feet in the heart of the market district, housing 1,100+ permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits. ANDMORE also offers a wide variety of educational, trend, and networking opportunities featuring industry leaders and tastemakers. ANDMOREHighPointMarket.com

About ANDMORE®: ANDMORE, a Blackstone portfolio company, empowers wholesale buyers and sellers to connect, grow and prosper through premier physical markets and design centers. The company operates over 20 million square feet of premium tradeshow and showroom space, hosting live events in Atlanta, High Point, N.C., Las Vegas and New York City. Serving industries such as home décor, gift, furniture and apparel, ANDMORE supports the global B2B community through its unmatched marketplace experiences. ANDMORE.com

Fort Lauderdale – May 8, 2026 — LSI Flooring has announced a comprehensive refresh of its Unsquashable™ Padding line, building on momentum from the company's recent launch of three specialty rug pad products and reinforcing its position as a growing force in the rug pad and carpet cushion category.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – April 17, 2026 – ANDMORE will welcome global home furnishings buyers to the Spring 2026 High Point Market, taking place April 25–29, with a full schedule of trend programming, education and curated sourcing opportunities across its 17‑building campus. Home to more than 1,100 permanent showrooms and temporary exhibits, ANDMORE’s Market footprint offers attendees a centralized destination for sourcing, connection and business planning.

FORT LEE, NJ – April 23, 2026 – Couristan, Inc., a leading importer and manufacturer of fine-quality area rugs, residential broadloom and custom carpeting for the contract and hospitality industries is proud to announce the appointment of Vincent Circosta as Executive Vice President of its Residential Division.

With more than 20 years of dedicated experience in the flooring industry, Circosta will lead Couristan’s strategic efforts to identify and develop new business opportunities across all account segments for the company’s Premiere, Creations™, and Purity® residential broadloom brands, as well as its extensive assortment of handmade, power-loomed and outdoor/indoor area rugs.

Additionally, Circosta will oversee the strategic direction of the residential sales force, with a focus on strengthening relationships with Couristan’s extensive dealer network and expanding the brand’s market presence. His appointment reflects Couristan’s continued commitment to delivering industry-leading service and innovative flooring solutions.

“I am humbled, motivated, and excited to take on this new role with such a prestigious brand,” said Circosta. “Today’s customers have an incredible array of options available to them. When it comes to why a partner should choose Couristan, the answer lies in our ability to simply out-service the competition.”

Circosta’s philosophy centers on a customer-first approach, ensuring every dealer touchpoint delivers maximum value. He emphasizes that while product quality remains paramount, the evolution of the business depends on enhancing the overall service model.

“We are grateful for the amazing customers we have today,” Circosta continued. “My immediate plan is to examine every aspect of our business to identify opportunities and improve upon how we serve our dealers. Delivering the very best customer experience is not just a goal–it is our primary mission.”

George Couri, Chairman of Couristan, noted, “Vincent’s strong leadership and diverse experience across sales, merchandising, and operations within the flooring industry will bring significant value to our company. I am confident that his expertise and forward-thinking approach will help us fully realize our strategic sales initiatives, drive continued growth, and further strengthen support for our valued customer base.”

Under Circosta’s leadership, Couristan looks forward to a new chapter of dealer-focused initiatives designed to streamline operations and foster long-term mutual success.

About Couristan, Inc.
Couristan, Inc., privately owned and operated by the Couri family since 1926, is a global leader in Area Rugs, Residential Broadloom, and Contract/Hospitality Custom Carpets. Renowned for innovation, precision, and ethical business practices, Couristan continues to set the standard in the floor covering industry—combining a century of heritage with a forward-looking vision. Couristan’s global headquarters and flagship showroom are located in Fort Lee, New Jersey, at Two Executive Drive. For more information visit us online for residential products at www.couristan.com and for contract/hospitality products at www.hospitality.couristan.com.

Cranbury, NJ - Rugs USA: The Annie Selke Companies  names Wendy Reiss as their New Vice President of Sales.

Reiss, a seasoned sales leader with over 30 years of experience in the Home Furnishings Industry, will lead Rugs USA: The Annie Selke brands (to include Dash & Albert and Pine Cone Hill) wholesale sales strategy and accelerate revenue growth.

Previously, Reiss served as Vice President at KAS Rugs, Inc., where she was instrumental in leading successful sales teams, developing successful sales strategies, and driving business over numerous wholesale channels. 

"I am excited to join The Annie Selke/Rugs USA team and am looking forward to strengthening our important customer relationships and expanding our market presence, while continuing to stay true to the beauty and quality of the Annie Selke brands" says Reiss. 

The Annie Selke brand was founded in 1994 with the mission to bring joy to your home through beautifully made, quality-conscious rugs, bedding, and accessories.

www.rugsusa.com

April 2026 | Milan, Italy – During Milan Design Week 2026, Swiss textile house Fischbacher 1819 will present a series of hand-knotted and flat-woven carpets as part of its Silk Road collection, developed in collaboration with Zollanvari, a third-generation Iranian carpet manufacturer based in Switzerland.

Building on the rich storytelling of the acclaimed Silk Road textile collection, launched earlier thisyear and shaped by references to historic trade routes, material exchange and evolving craft traditions, the new carpet range, which features four designs, translates these ideas into woven floor coverings shaped by material and process.

The designs, developed by the Fischbacher 1819 Atelier, led by Iranian-born creative director Camilla Douraghy Fischbacher, draw on Persian mythology and Silk Road history. The four carpets – Kamila, Bejan, Jamshid and Kamran – reference figures from the Shahnameh and related cultural narratives. Kamila and Bejan reinterpret a historic Zoroastrian motif, while Jamshid and Kamran explore more abstract compositions, from layered, landscape-like surfaces to deconstructed geometric forms. As each piece is handmade, slight variations in size and colour are inherent to the process.

Each of the four designs is made using hand-spun highland wool sourced from the Zagros Mountains, prized for its softness and durability. A combination of hand-knotting and flatweave techniques, including Gabbeh, Soumakh and Souf three-dimensional pile, creates variation in surface, depth and texture across the designs. The wool is dyed entirely with natural pigments derived from locally grown plants, including indigo for blue, pomegranate for warm golds, wild dill for greens, walnut for browns, and madder root for rich reds and  ranges. The dyeing process is slow and precise, often taking up to 48 hours to achieve depth and permanence of colour.

 Produced by nomadic and semi-nomadic women from tribes including the Afshar, Luri and Qashqai, the carpets are woven as part of seasonal migration through the Zagros Mountains. Working on mobile looms, these makers continue a lineage of craft passed down through generations, where weaving is embedded within daily life. Within this tradition, textiles act as carriers of memory and identity, with pattern, structure and texture recording movement across time, each knot contributing to a surface that holds both material and meaning.

Presented at Fischbacher’s Brera showroom from April 20–26, the collaboration with Zollanvari introduces a new dimension to the Silk Road collection, realised through traditional weaving techniques.

A small selection of lifestyle imagery, photographed in Bukhara, is available to download now.

The Silk Road Carpet Collection | Milan Design Week 2026
20th - 26th April 2026, 9.30am – 6pm daily
UK Press Preview, 20th April 2026, 9.30am - 6pm

ABOUT FISCHBACHER 1819

Fischbacher 1819 is a family-owned Swiss textile house. Generations of experience over two centuries have established the brand as a market leader in the design, creation and manufacture of luxurious and elegant furnishing fabrics, woven floor coverings, and wallcoverings for the international design industry. Based in St. Gallen, Switzerland, the company is led by 6th generation CEO Michael Fischbacher, and creative director Camilla Douraghy Fischbacher who are as passionate and forward-thinking as the five generations before them.

Under their stewardship, Fischbacher 1819 has reached unparalleled global success through its continued innovation and development in artisanal textile craftsmanship and sustainability, striking a balance between the changing demands of the times and the unchanging principles of the craft. Fischbacher 1819’s talented in-house design studios, based in St Gallen and Como, take their inspiration from an array of cultural and historical influences which they reinterpret and reimagine to create stylistically diverse and luxurious designs, season after season. Fischbacher 1819’s collections are sold worldwide through an exclusive network of showrooms, agents and distributors.

fischbacher1819.com | @fischbacher1819 

zollanvari.com

WASHINGTON, DC, USA — April 14, 2026 GoodWeave International announced the launch of its new social media campaign, “Global Luxury: Nepal,” designed to educate consumers about the dynamic history, beautiful artistry, and high-quality artisanal craftsmanship of Nepal’s hand-knotted rug industry. Through this initiative, GoodWeave aims to raise awareness across the interior design industry and with consumers. Nepalese hand-knotted rugs are ultra-premium, often considered the best in craftsmanship and among the finest in the global luxury market.

The campaign will run on GoodWeave International’s Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn channels and will feature seven of GoodWeave’s Global Importers and their certified rugs produced in Nepal: 16Ten, Alicia D Keshashian, Edition 169, J.S. HURD DESIGN, Lotus Collection, Robin Gray and Slow Tiger.

“I’m excited to remind the global interior design industry and share with the world of the exceptional artisanal handwork that Nepal consistently delivers. The added value is that our best assurance of no child or forced labor is included.” - Samjhana Pradhan, Executive Director of GoodWeave Certification Nepal

The first post is scheduled for April 14. Subsequent posts will run each Tuesday and Thursday through May 12. Viewers can follow the campaign on GoodWeave’s social media platforms or by following the hashtag: #GlobalLuxuryNepal.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodweave_intl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodWeave
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodweave/

“We source from Nepal to enlighten what we consider the best craftsmanship in our field, where the knowledge is infinite.” -Olivier Aouate, Co-Founder, Edition 169.

About GoodWeave International

GoodWeave — a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi is the leading international institution working to stop child and forced labor in global supply chains through a market-based system and holistic approach. GoodWeave partners with companies and local producer communities to bring visibility to hidden supply chains; protect workers’ rights; provide assurance that products are free of child, forced and bonded labor; and restore childhoods.

Insist on the GoodWeave® certification label.

(HRI) Harounian Rugs International is pleased to announce the launch of six new area rug collections, each crafted with exceptional quality and designed to elevate any interior. Several of these collections feature three to four distinct designs or colorways, available in multiple sizes to offer even greater versatility.  These must-see collections - Addison, Ankara, Blake, Eden, Enzo, Soho -  will be on display during the spring High Point Market April 25-29 in the HRI IHFC showroom, D-431.

In addition, the company has a new digital catalog available featuring the latest new designs blending traditional, transitional, contemporary, and modern aesthetics.  Get a sneak peek and download your copy from the link below or pick up a copy in the HRI showroom during market.

For over 60 years HRI has been creating and producing programmed area rugs, using only the finest fibers, meticulously woven; delivering rugs of lasting durability, beauty and timeless appeal.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information or to schedule an appointment.

hrirugs.com

The internationally renowned rug design firm will showcase inside the COVER Connect Pop-up and host a roundtable discussion in partnership with Label STEP.