Registration is now open for The International Surface Event (TISE): SURFACES | StonExpo | TileExpo and exciting opportunities are planned for the industry. Important to note, the 2024 event dates are January 24 – 26, making the event a Wednesday through Friday day swing. The exhibit hall is nearly sold out and is packed wall-to-wall with flooring, stone, and tile exhibitors, services, and product offerings for industry professionals. A new line-up of special education experiences includes PULSE Seminars, trainings and certifications, exhibit hall demos, panel discussions, a unique new set of Favorite Finds product tours, lounges, wellness programs, networking opportunities, and more.

Leading floor covering and home accents manufacturer Nourison Home has launched a room visualizer on their website at www.nourison.com. The visualizer allows customers to view Nourison Home area rugs and broadloom carpets in their homes before making a purchase. Customers can select from thousands of styles in various sizes and upload their own room images for visualization. Customers can also choose from pre-selected rooms.

Atiyeh International’s Tom Atiyeh accepted a 2023 GreenStep Award from Floor Covering Weekly’s Senior Managing Editor, Mallory Cruise-McGrath at the Dalton Georgia Country Club on September 14th.

FCW’s Sustainability Awards Program culminated with six categories. Atiyeh International is the Process/Practice winner. Companies that won in different categories are Mohawk Group, Interface, Tarkett, Shaw Industries, and HMTX Industries.

Universal Furniture and Stanton Rug Company are partnering on a rug program for retailers that features Stanton’s new line of in-stock, pre-sized area rugs. Launching at High Point Market this October, the program will be available to all Universal Furniture’s retail partners.

Obeetee, a world leader in hand-woven carpets since 1920, is back at the High Point Furniture Market this fall in a big way. In addition to its expansive rug program, which includes hand-knotted, hand-tufted, power-loomed and indoor/outdoor designs, the 103-year-old company is introducing woven pillows as well as debuting its Manor & Mews furniture manufacturing capabilities in the U.S. in IHFC, Hamilton Wing, #H-312.

Kalaty Rug Corporation heads to the fall High Point Market with one of the company’s most extensive new-product presentations at their IHFC – G369 showroom. High Point customers will discover the latest slate of high-end handcrafted artisanal area rugs across all décor style genres … and, as always, Kalaty places its primary emphasis on the newest hand-knotted collections as well as additions to existing best-sellers.

ANDMORE will provide an exclusive schedule of tours at this fall’s High Point Market, offering buyers the opportunity to enhance market discovery through guided education. The six tours, offered over three days, bring interactive programming to ANDMORE’s offerings during High Point Market, running October 14-18, 2023.

High Point Market Authority (HPMA) announces this season’s design influencers who will report on home furnishings and design trends at High Point Market as they take over the trade show’s official Instagram page during Fall Market, Oct. 14 - 18.

Karastan Rugs is sponsoring The High Point Market Authority (HPMA)’s Sunday Keynote event, where interior designer, author and Emmy-nominated host of “Queer Eye”, Bobby Berk, will be speaking. The event takes place at Fall Market in the High Point Theatre on Oct. 15 from 3 to 4 p.m.