Nourison expands pet, laundry/mud room assortment with bigger sizes
Home Textiles Today
Another growth area is the company’s Modern Accents line, a grouping of contemporary-themed poly-acrylic rugs featuring a non-skid latex backing. …

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Sacramento Accountant Pleads Guilty; Anyone Looking Need a Fleet of Limos?
Going Concern (blog)
Murray used the funds mostly on himself including “a fleet of limousines, 10 hand-woven Persian rugs, expensive celebrity art, luxury cars, a wine locker at …

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Arlee Taps Tapestries for Harvest, Holiday
Home Textiles Today
Suggested retail price points include: $2.99 and higher for placemats; $19.99 for runners; $7.99 to $12.99 for accent rugs; and $9.99 to $14.99 for …

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Interior Design

RugMark USA to Debut Ethical Rug Sourcebook
Interior Design
“By making their clients aware of this issue and advising them on the importance of purchasing child-labor free rugs, they can have a significant impact on …
Ethical carpet guide published www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk

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Typo? CanadaDrugs.com vs. CanadaRugs.com
Domain Name Wire (blog)
Hmm. Did it not occur to their lawyers that “Rugs” is a word? The links on CanadaRugs.com are clearly unrelated to drugs, but the complainant argued that …

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Ethical carpet guide published
www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk
Not-for-profit body RugMark USA has produced the GoodWeave Rug Sourcebook, which lists over 70 companies in the US whose carpets and rugs are hand-woven …

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Hard time of year for horses
West Sussex Today
Drying and changing rugs can be another job that is a struggle at this time of year. Then there is the hay: what a load it seemed in September, …

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Armenian Reporter

Hagopian announces 21st Student Rug Design Competition Winners
Armenian Reporter
On a snowy evening, a panel of judges braved the weather to choose the winning designs for the 21st annual Hagopian World of Rugs / College for Creative …

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New York Times (blog)

Showcase: God Is in the Details
New York Times (blog)
… and supplicants eke out nooks in which to place their prayer rugs and face the Kaaba at Mecca; the city where St. Pat’s is both an event and a landmark? …

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Sourcebook helps find carpet, rugs free of child labor
Furniture Today
The Sourcebook lists more than 70 North American rug companies whose products carry the GoodWeave label, independently certifying that their rugs were made …

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