| Mottahed Almas carpets capture ATF visitor’s attention |
| December 26, 2008 (Oman) |
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 In the Autumn Trade Fair (ATF) 2008, at the Oman International Exhibition Centre, carpets manufactured by Mottahed Almas Company LLC, were quite appreciated by the onlookers.According to Dr Amin Omidghaemi, Chairman of the Group, the Company sold 25 finest carpets with in 4 hours of the opening day of ATF 2008. Mottahed Almas Company LLC, from Iran, is a joint venture between Omani Building Material Centre (OBMC) and Mottahed Almas Company Int'l. It manufactures and exports high quality Persian rugs and carpets world wide. Currently the Company has more than 10 factories that produce best Persian carpets to cater to the demand of the global market. Mottahed Almas, after its inception in 2005, witnessed a gradual growth in its sales. In the year 2007, the Company saw a growth rate of 80 percent and in the current fiscal expects the rate to surge by massive 500 percent. Presently, observing the increasing love for the Persian carpets in the global market, the Company aims to expand its bases in Philippines, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. |
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Mottahed Almas carpets capture ATF visitor’s attention
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Iran's Art of Carpet Weaving in Tashkent
Tashkent Hosts Iran Carpet Exhibition
TEHRAN (FNA)- An exhibition titled "Iran's Art of Carpet Weaving" opened in Tashkent Saturday with a speech by Iran's ambassador's wife to the country, Monir Keshavarz-zadeh.
Referring to the role of Iranian civilization and art in the development of world's culture and civilization, she elaborated on the Iranian carpet weaving industry.
The event does not merely seek to showcase Iranian carpet; rather it aims to hail the spirituality governing this and other branches of art, which promotes peace and stability among the peoples, the Islamic republic news agency reported.
The exhibition was attended by the wives of the ambassadors to Uzbekistan, women officials of the country, Iranologists and Persian- speaking instructors and students.
TEHRAN (FNA)- An exhibition titled "Iran's Art of Carpet Weaving" opened in Tashkent Saturday with a speech by Iran's ambassador's wife to the country, Monir Keshavarz-zadeh.
Referring to the role of Iranian civilization and art in the development of world's culture and civilization, she elaborated on the Iranian carpet weaving industry.
The event does not merely seek to showcase Iranian carpet; rather it aims to hail the spirituality governing this and other branches of art, which promotes peace and stability among the peoples, the Islamic republic news agency reported.
The exhibition was attended by the wives of the ambassadors to Uzbekistan, women officials of the country, Iranologists and Persian- speaking instructors and students.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Italy exhibits Persian carpets
Italy exhibits Persian carpets
Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:15:36 GMT
Iran has participated in the 13th edition of the International Crafts Selling Exhibition at the New Exhibition Center of Milan, Italy.
Iran's pavilion has been set up by the country's National Carpet Center and features precious Persian carpets.
The event, which kicked off on Nov. 30, 2008 includes over 3,000 pavilions belonging to some 106 countries from around the globe.
Iran's Consul-General in Italy, Ali Hashemi-Kafil, who attended the inauguration ceremony, welcomed visitors and informed them about the 3,000-year history of carpet weaving in the country.
Three million people are expected to visit the exhibition, which will run until December 8, 2008.
Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:15:36 GMT
 Milan's 13th Int'l Crafts Selling Exhibition displays Persian carpets. |
Iran's pavilion has been set up by the country's National Carpet Center and features precious Persian carpets.
The event, which kicked off on Nov. 30, 2008 includes over 3,000 pavilions belonging to some 106 countries from around the globe.
Iran's Consul-General in Italy, Ali Hashemi-Kafil, who attended the inauguration ceremony, welcomed visitors and informed them about the 3,000-year history of carpet weaving in the country.
Three million people are expected to visit the exhibition, which will run until December 8, 2008.
Friday, November 28, 2008
AmericasMart University Offers Seminars in Best Business Practices
AmericasMart University Offers Seminars in Best Business Practices
ATLANTA, GA - the January 2009 session of AmericasMart® University (AMU), the retail business education program offered to buyers at the gift, home decor and area rug show in Atlanta, features classes in Retail Business Basics, Buying & Selling and Building Your Brand.
The January 2009 AMU schedule is:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
Explode Your Sales - Simple Marketing Ideas That Will Blow Your Mind (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Bob Negen. Sponsored by One Coast. Breakfast. Location: Building 2 - West Wing, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Electronic Marketing - Easier, Cheaper, BETTER! (Building Your Brand - Beginner): Presenter - Bob Negen. Sponsored by One Coast. Location: Building 2 - West Wing, 10:30 a.m. to Noon.
Strategies in Developing an Exceptional Souvenir Business (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Cathy Fischer. Sponsored by Options. Breakfast. Location: Building 2, West Wing, 6th Floor, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
A Crash Course on Buying (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Mercedes Gonzales. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 10:30 a.m. to Noon.
Training the Best Sales Team (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Mercedes Gonzales. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Increasing Sales by Understanding the Value of Designer Rugs (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenters - Suzanne Kasler, Jamie Drake and David Easton. Sponsored by Safavieh. Wine reception and ribbon cutting. Location: Building 1, Safavieh Showroom, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009
Doing Business in the New Norm (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenters: John Haste and Becky Smith. Sponsored by IMAX. Breakfast. Location: Building 2 West Wing, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where Have All the Customers Gone? (Building Your Brand - Beginner): Presenter - Chris Lemley. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Hiring & Firing Employees (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Carol Hacker. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Unique & Antique Rug Forum (Retail Basics - Beginner): Sponsored by the Oriental Rug Retailers Association (ORRA). Contact ORRA for details: 804.270.3195; orraarnold@verizon.net. Location: Building 1, 4th Floor, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009
Walk the (Area Rug) Market with Phil (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Phil Menendian. Sponsored by the Oriental Rug Retailers Association (ORRA). Location: Building 1, 2nd Floor, ORRA booth, 11:00 a.m.
Are Your Sending Customers to Your Competition? (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenters - Steve Boodakian and Sy Mahfuz, MERA Consulting Group. Location: Building 1, 4th Floor, 1:00 p.m.
Dates for the 2009 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market are January 6-14 (permanent showrooms) and January 9-13 (temporary exhibits).
Dates for the 2009 Atlanta International Area Rug Market featuring The National Oriental Rug Show are January 7-12 (permanent showrooms) and January 8-12 (temporary exhibits).
ATLANTA, GA - the January 2009 session of AmericasMart® University (AMU), the retail business education program offered to buyers at the gift, home decor and area rug show in Atlanta, features classes in Retail Business Basics, Buying & Selling and Building Your Brand.
The January 2009 AMU schedule is:
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
Explode Your Sales - Simple Marketing Ideas That Will Blow Your Mind (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Bob Negen. Sponsored by One Coast. Breakfast. Location: Building 2 - West Wing, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Electronic Marketing - Easier, Cheaper, BETTER! (Building Your Brand - Beginner): Presenter - Bob Negen. Sponsored by One Coast. Location: Building 2 - West Wing, 10:30 a.m. to Noon.
Strategies in Developing an Exceptional Souvenir Business (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Cathy Fischer. Sponsored by Options. Breakfast. Location: Building 2, West Wing, 6th Floor, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
A Crash Course on Buying (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenter - Mercedes Gonzales. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 10:30 a.m. to Noon.
Training the Best Sales Team (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Mercedes Gonzales. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Increasing Sales by Understanding the Value of Designer Rugs (Buying & Selling - Beginner): Presenters - Suzanne Kasler, Jamie Drake and David Easton. Sponsored by Safavieh. Wine reception and ribbon cutting. Location: Building 1, Safavieh Showroom, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2009
Doing Business in the New Norm (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenters: John Haste and Becky Smith. Sponsored by IMAX. Breakfast. Location: Building 2 West Wing, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where Have All the Customers Gone? (Building Your Brand - Beginner): Presenter - Chris Lemley. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Hiring & Firing Employees (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Carol Hacker. Location: Building 3, 3rd Floor Conference Center, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Unique & Antique Rug Forum (Retail Basics - Beginner): Sponsored by the Oriental Rug Retailers Association (ORRA). Contact ORRA for details: 804.270.3195; orraarnold@verizon.net. Location: Building 1, 4th Floor, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2009
Walk the (Area Rug) Market with Phil (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenter - Phil Menendian. Sponsored by the Oriental Rug Retailers Association (ORRA). Location: Building 1, 2nd Floor, ORRA booth, 11:00 a.m.
Are Your Sending Customers to Your Competition? (Retail Basics - Beginner): Presenters - Steve Boodakian and Sy Mahfuz, MERA Consulting Group. Location: Building 1, 4th Floor, 1:00 p.m.
Dates for the 2009 Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market are January 6-14 (permanent showrooms) and January 9-13 (temporary exhibits).
Dates for the 2009 Atlanta International Area Rug Market featuring The National Oriental Rug Show are January 7-12 (permanent showrooms) and January 8-12 (temporary exhibits).
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Afghan Bag from a cuff
Here is a vido of a bag made from the cuff of an old garment. As my grandmother used to say: "waste not want not."
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Haqiqi donates carpet tableau to Astan-e Qods Museum
November 17, 2008
Iranian artist donates carpet tableau to Astan-e Qods Museum
Tehran Times Art Desk
TEHRAN -- Iranian carpet weaver Feizollah Safdarzadeh Haqiqi donated a Persian carpet tableau entitled “Allahu Akbar Minaret” to the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum in Mashhad on Sunday.
A veteran carpet weaver from Isfahan, Haqiqi has donated several carpet tableaus to the museum in recent years from among his Persian carpet masterpieces, including ones featuring the Imam Reza (AS) shrine, the City of Medina and the Chehel Sotun palace.
The silken carpet, designed by Noruz Hafizi, features a three-dimension picture of the text of the Azan (the Islamic call to prayer) that spirals around the minaret.
“The carpet required about 3000 hours to be completed,” Haqiqi mentioned in a press release.
Iranian artist donates carpet tableau to Astan-e Qods Museum
Tehran Times Art Desk
TEHRAN -- Iranian carpet weaver Feizollah Safdarzadeh Haqiqi donated a Persian carpet tableau entitled “Allahu Akbar Minaret” to the Astan-e Qods Razavi Museum in Mashhad on Sunday.
A veteran carpet weaver from Isfahan, Haqiqi has donated several carpet tableaus to the museum in recent years from among his Persian carpet masterpieces, including ones featuring the Imam Reza (AS) shrine, the City of Medina and the Chehel Sotun palace.
The silken carpet, designed by Noruz Hafizi, features a three-dimension picture of the text of the Azan (the Islamic call to prayer) that spirals around the minaret.
“The carpet required about 3000 hours to be completed,” Haqiqi mentioned in a press release.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Mirkazemi Steers Iranian Carpet Industry to Sucess
| Carpet consortium to realize Mirkazemi dream |
| November 10, 2008 (Iran) |
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 Persian carpets, with their intricate weaving techniques, beautiful assortment of colours, and explicit designs, hold the top rank in the list of carpet exporters across the globe.Recently, Masoud Mirkazemi, Commerce Minister of Iran, called for the formation of a national consortium of hand-woven carpets for the exports. This will help the age old handicraft to survive the fierce competitions from the cheap imitations. In a seminar, Mirkazemi said that forming a national consortium would help the Government secure the market for Persian carpets, so that local producers can get financial support when they opt to participate at carpet exhibitions in foreign countries. The Commerce Minister invites private sectors to increase their investment in the Iranian carpet industry, so that country’s share in the world consumption may surge. Available statistics show that till date, exports of Iranian carpets increased by 7 percent, since the beginning of the current financial year. It is estimated that more than 1.2 million weavers in the country are engaged in catering to the demand of the domestic as well as international market. |
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