Surya has unveiled a custom rug program that enables designers and retailers to order custom tufted rugs for delivery within three weeks, according to the company.

Retailers, designers and other buyers shopping the Capel Rugs showroom during the High Point Market, to be held Oct.18 to 23 in High Point, N.C., will have a chance to win one of the company's latest rug introductions during its 'Selfie' photo contest.

Capel Rugs has added three patterns to its Biltmore Legacy collection.

Surya will launch a line of rugs from DwellStudio at the Fall High Point Market in High Point, N.C., Oct. 18-23.

AmericasMart Atlanta accelerates the integration of its Home and Rug collections with the commitment of Elk Group International to a new 10,000-plus square foot showroom.

Joe Yarbrough, president of the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), traveled to Washington, D.C., for two days of back-to-back meetings with congressional representatives and the presidents of two allied trade associations.

Surya is set to introduce a line of rugs and coordinating pillows from home furnishings and decor brand Bobby Berk Home at the Fall High Point Market in High Point, N.C., Oct. 18 to 23.

New Zealand Brand carpets and rugs will be displayed and on sale from Oct.15 to Nov. 30 at Wools of New Zealand Premier Partner showrooms.

Company C, the New Hampshire-based design and manufacturing company will return to High Point Market in North Carolina from Oct.18 to 23.

Despite all these challenges the carpet industry still managed to divert a record amount of product from going to the landfill in 2013—534 million pounds, or 14% of the 3.7 billion pounds of total discarded carpet.