Linon Home Décor Products Inc. announced that it has expanded its showroom to more than 14,000 square feet the September World Market. Linon will be showing its full stocking line of furniture, wall décor, and area rugs, along with many new introductions and "door buster" specials in Building C- 12th floor in adjoining suites C1288 and C1296.
Linon’s Area Rug Division will be unveiling several new styles in their various collections, and will be distributing their new 2010 catalog.
New Introductions:
Trio Collection: Linon will be unveiling 30 new designs in their Trio Collection. The collection has over 170 designs enabling furniture stores to pick the right rug for their upholstery grouping and retail a 5x8 for $199.
Indo Nepal, The Z Collection: 10 totally new and fresh transitional and contemporary designs in a high Nepalese knot count. Made of 100% New Zealand Worsted wool with a very high sheen, the look and quality that warrants $3,000 retail but a 5x8 can retail as low as $1199.
Cow Hides and Patch Work: All new full skin cowhide collection, 3 different color brindles in oversized Brazilian hides ranging from 35 to 50 square feet. The target retail for the hides is $299. Zebra full skin stenciled cowhides from Brazil that are available in brown or black stripes on light brindle cowhides. Target retail for a zebra hide is $399. Linon will also be offering 5x8 high quality patchwork cowhides in contemporary unique designs, target retail $599.
Machine Made Rugs; New promotional machine made products. These rugs feature 2 retail price points for 5x8, $39.00 and $79.
Displays for machine made: Clean lined displays that as rugs are sold the remaining rugs stay neatly in the display.
Faux Sheepskin: 7 fashion colors in a fluffy faux sheepskin rug. These rugs are stocked in Calhoun and are available in 3 sizes; target retail for a 5x7 is $149.
Flokati Rugs, Linon has the largest selection of Flokati Rugs in colors, sizes and qualities. Linon is introducing 5 new youth colors this market. All colors are available in New Flokati and well as the 3A, 5A is available in Natural white only. Linon has secured exclusive production from the leading Flokati manufacturer in Greece providing only the best quality New Zealand wool.
Shag Leather; Thick long stranded natural leather shag rug meets all the United States Flammability Standards. The Colors available are black, brown and beige. Retail for a 5x8 is $299.
Verginia Berbers; this style of rug was made in Veria Greece for centuries, the same town where the Flokati rugs are made. Made of 100% New Zealand surface wool, this rug is fully reversible, where the customer can use both sides. Verginia Berbers available in 10 fashion colors and 4 different sizes, the target retail for a 5x8 is $189.00.
Licensed Products
Linon will be unveiling 10 new rugs in its complete licensed collection Southern Living Home, by Southern Living magazine. Southern Living (www.southernliving.com) is the premier lifestyle and entertaining magazine of the South and the seventh largest monthly consumer magazine in the U.S. (based on readership), reaching more than 16 million readers each month with a circulation of about 2.8 million. This collection will feature traditional as well as transitional designs encompassing the relaxed and casual feel of the South. The collection will also include a new group of indoor/outdoor rugs as well.
Styles included in the Southern Living Home Collection are:
Westover, traditional rugs hand tufted in 100 line wool construction with a hard twist and arbrash to lend to the Old World feel, 5x8 will have a retail price point of $549.
Birmingham, traditional designs hand tufted in thick hard twist using New Zealand wool, washed to give a luster look, will retail for $499 for a 5x8.
Rosedown, consists of traditional designs as well, in a hand tufted construction of a highly washed New Wool giving additional softness and luster to these rugs, retail for a 5x8 is $349.
Ashton, a group of transitional designs, which feature subtle color pallets in open free flowing designs complimented by the use of hard twist and hand tufted techniques to lend to a casual feel, 5x8 will have a target retail of $499.
Low Country, a group of indoor/outdoor rugs which are hand-hooked made of 100% polypropylene pile and backing have a UV-4 rating and are perfect for any indoor or outdoor use, new and fresh designs from Floral to Tropical. Suggested retail would be $249.
Linon feels the Southern Living Home Collection is a perfect fit for retailers, especially those who feature traditional and transitional looks. Many of these rugs are being featured in the 2009 Southern Living Idea Houses, which were opened to the public this past June.
For more information and appointments call 404-749-5040; or email Amanda@linon.com