Sharp Guy Hacks Roomba Vacuum for Wii remote - Video

Chris Hughes, a cleaver guy and clearly a rug lover, hacked his Roomba vacuum cleaner so he could control it with his Wii remote. For all of you who love your area rugs but hate vacuuming check out the video below.

Here is the Source Code Chris spoke of. It is hosted by ExpertInsight.com. Happy Vacuuming…

Sphinx to Introduce New Collections and Patterns

Home Textiles Today reports that Sphinx by Oriental Weavers will introduce 6 new machine-made collections and 14 new patterns for 2 existing collections.

The new machine-made collections will be: Luxor, Samarkand, Channing, Pembroke, Zen, and Haven. They will be adding 8 new patterns to the Tones Collection and 6 patterns to the Evolution Collection. The Tones Collection are machine-woven, hand-carved polypropylene area rugs. The Evolution Collection are shag-like, polypropylene machine-woven rugs.

Home Textiles Today says Sphinx by Oriental Weavers will introduce these additions to there current offerings at the Atlanta International Area Rug market in January.

Brick and Mortar Stores Tighten Return Policies

Many retail store are tightening their return policies because of theft and fraud. Here is a story from CBS News.

LaRocca sees thousands of return fraud cases every year, and many are caught on tape. In one example, a woman tried to return an area rug at a department store. The clerk didn't realize that minutes earlier, security cameras caught her stealing the same rug right off the shelf. The woman disappeared as soon as she got her refund. CBS News

This is costing shoppers at brick and mortar retail stores more money.

"You and I as consumers are paying a little extra at the register, almost a hidden crime tax, to cover those losses committed by people stealing merchandise and taking advantage of retail return policies," LaRocca said. CBS News

Because of the nature of our business this can’t happen to us and you will never pay a “hidden crime tax” for area rugs with us.

Feizy Rugs signs contracts to Create Two New Collections

As reported in Fibre2Fashion.com Feizy Area Rugs recently signed two contracts, one with Sandra Lee and the other with Tracy Porter, to create two new rug collections.

"Feizy Rugs recently signed two multiyear contracts, of which first one gives it a license for Sandra Lee accent and area rugs to deal in Sandra’s home collection of furniture and accessories. Second one gives it license for Tracy Porter area rugs to deal in Tracy’s collection of home accessories, tabletop collections and fabrics." Fibre2Fashion.com

Feizy Area Rugs will launch Sandra’s rug collection in January at gift, home furnishing and rug markets in Atlanta and also Las Vegas World Market. Porter’s collection will be unveiled in January at Las Vegas World Market also. It will be interesting to see how these two collections, developed at the same time with the same manufacturer, will differ based on there namesakes’ strengths, Sandra Lee being an author and lifestyle expert, while Tracy Porter is a designer and artisan.

Nourison Announces Promotions

One of rugsale.com's most important vendors, Nourison, has announced the promotion of several executives as this year draws to a close. These promotions are intended to position them for next years plan to expand into new categories.

“We're poised to raise the bar for the entire industry in 2007 with more new product introductions and entrance into new manufacturing categories…" said Executive Vice President, Rita Karmiol.

Carol Alfonso has been promoted to the position of Executive Director of the Catalogue Division and Ron Giampiccolo to Executive Director Of National Accounts. Joyce Lowe has moved up to the Executive Director of National Buying Groups position.

"These talented employees are responsible for the continued successful growth of the company,” Karmiol said, when she made the announcement during Nourison's national sales meeting last week.

Visit here to stay in touch with information about Nourison area rugs at rugsale.com.

Hand Tufted Area Rugs

Here is a fairly in depth article article on hand tufted area rugs and the tufting process.

“Hand-tufted area rugs are an excellent choice for anyone who would like to have a hand made rug but finds the prices to be a little out of their range.”

It discusses why they are at such a reasonable price point and explains how they are made. If you have ever wondered what the heck “hand tufted means check it out.

Ottoman Rugs of the 15th to 18th centuries

The Museum of Islamic Art in the Berlin had an opening, Friday October 27th, on the Ottoman Rugs of the 15th to 18th centuries in Saxon Parishes of Transylvania.

“The afternoon saw Volkmar Enderlein, the former director of the museum, speaking on Persian-Safavidian Elements of Patterns in Transylvanian Rugs, followed by the grand old lady of German rug science, Christine Klose, presenting Connections of two Early Transylvanian Rugs with Timurid and Turkoman Rugs” TurkoTek.com

I couldn’t make the opening. I had a previous engagement…at home making Mac and Cheese for my two sons. But this web site has some beautiful pictures of these area rugs.

Once Again Crooks Use The Rug Dealer Defense

Two businessmen use semantics to try to avoid being convicted of drug-money laundering, as reported in The Repository. The two men planned to sell a 43-CARAT diamond and the former estate of ex-boxing champ Mike Tyson for $19.5 million in Rug money…No wait I mean Drug Money.

“Drug dealers are businessmen, but drug dealers also have other businesses that are legitimate businesses…”Monea said. “…the point is, I don’t have a problem doing any business with rug dealers, do you?” To that, Scott replied, “Rug dealers? No, I love rug dealers.” The Repository

Once again common criminals try to use the good name of rug dealers to avoid the consequences of their actions. But those of us in the Area Rug industry won’t let it get us down. We will just keep working to make the world a better place…One Rug At A Time…

Shop Online From Home…It’s Safer

Men posing as rug salesmen were robbing the elderly in the MD area.

“Men posing as rug salesmen would visit homes and while one man showed off a large rug, another burglarized the home.” WTKR, Newschannel Three

Ignore that knock on the door and get your area rugs online at RugSALE.