New Hellenic Rug Introductions for Fall 2003 One of Kind Hand-Knotted Rugs

Furniture World Magazine

Celebrating the Grand-opening of Hellenic Rug Imports Inc. new showroom at Americas Mart in Atlanta Georgia, Hellenic will be offering their customers the opportunity to purchase one of a kind hand – knotted rugs selected solely for this event. The in stock assortment will allow our customers to have these rugs in their showrooms for the Fall season. These rugs were selected with an eye to today’s fashion colors in traditional designs. The majority of the rugs will be Jaipur 9/9’s and High quality 11/64’s; sizes available will range from 3’x 5’ up to 10’ x 14’ including a number of rounds. During the Market these rugs will be offered at exceptionally low prices on a first come-first serve basis. Broadloom: For the first time Hellenic Rug Imports Inc. will be showing its Broadloom Collections. Wool Wide Width Sisal: Hellenic will offer the popular Rhodes Collection of wool sisal in 12 foot goods. Hellenic Rug Imports Inc. will manufacture the wool yarns in its factory in Greece and produce the broadloom in Georgia. Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will offer cut orders as well as custom finishing for area rugs from our Georgia location. Million Point Wilton Woven Polyolefin: Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will also offer 13’6” roll goods in million point polyolefin construction. During the July Market there will be a soft premiere of 20 different designs. This product will also be available for cut orders and will be stocked in Georgia. Machine Made: Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will offer over 100 new designs in three polypropylene collections: Tabriz Collection: 1,000,000 point heat-set rugs available in 10 traditional patterns in multiple color-ways and 10 contemporary designs. Retail price for a 5x8 will be $199.00. All these rugs will be stocked in New York and will be fully programmed Grand Era: 700,000 double point heat-set polypropylene rugs.40 designs ranging from European traditional to transitional and floral. The retail price point is extremely aggressive at $99.00 for a 5x8. This will be a special order program. Hollywood: Heat-set polypropylene rugs in Contemporary designs. These Contemporary rugs will be targeted at the promotional $99 retail 5X8 market. There are ten designs for the July show with more additions planned for later this year. This collection will initially be a special order program with plans for stocking later this year. New Additions to Running Lines: Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will be adding new designs and colors to several of their existing collections: Maz 2000 - 4 new designs; Essential Nature - 2 new designs; Andros Collection - 4 new designs; Chryso collection - 2 new designs; Asimi Collection - .4 new designs Stratos Collection: The Stratos Collection is an all new offering of transitional designs. This collection initially have five unique 9/25 Indo Tibetan hand knotted rugs. The construction is 100% New Zealand worsted wool and is similar to the Maz 2000 in quality. New 100% Hooked Rugs: Hellenic Rug Imports Inc, responding to the requests of their customers, has developed two new hooked lines. These hooked rugs were developed specifically for key accounts, but many of these designs will be open to all customers. Rosedale Collection: Licensed Hook Rug designs by the Canadian design firm Rosedale. These seven designs were developed to coordinate with Rosedale’s wallpaper designs. These floral designs were approved by Rosedale and are introduced under a licensed agreement. Joan Elliot Designs: Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will introduce six designs in Hooked Rugs by Joan Elliot. Joan is an established artist, author and rug designer. These 6 designs are the first of many to be introduced by Hellenic with more to come this Fall. Casual Living: Casual Living rugs have been a large part of Hellenic Rug Imports Inc success story. The Casual Living style rugs have become so popular that Hellenic has created a whole category to cover this ever growing part of their business Some examples of the casual living styles: •100% Wool Flokati rugs in 25 colors •100% Wool Berber rugs in three styles •100% Wool Loop shag rugs •100% Wool sisal looking rugs with wide cotton binding and surging. •100% Jute sisal looking rugs wide cotton bound. •Natural Suede shag leather rugs •Natural Suede shag leather reversible leather rugs •Multiple designs of flat reversible leather rugs •Multiple styles of chenille cotton shag rugs •Multiple styles and designs of flat weave cottons and chenille’s. In San Francisco, Hellenic Rug Imports Inc will be adding 60 new rugs to its selection. The focus will be specifically for the furniture retailer. All rugs shown in San Francisco will be a part of programmed collections. In Calgary Canada, Hellenic Rug Imports Inc Canada will be displaying its full line of programmed goods. Hellenic has doubled its show space and tripled the product selection. “We will show our latest introductions and our all new display systems along with a lot of promotional goods,” says Ankush Gupta President Hellenic Rug Imports Inc Canada. For more information in the USA call 888-356-5284 Or email at Sales@flokati.com. For more information in Canada call 866-356-5284 Or email at canadasales@flokati.com