InDEPTH | RUG & KILIM CELEBRATES
RUG & KILIM’S NEXT GENERATION.
Siblings (left to right) Cyrus and his wife Brittany along with Sina Nazmiyal follow the tradition of Rug & Kilim and are instrumental in the company’s growth.
very handy. It is one thing to make a carpet in 3-4 months; it’s a whole other thing when there are 200 to be made at a certain time. RI: With all the growth and expan- sion of the past few years, Rug & Kilim has been paving the road for what the future of the rug industry is. What do you see as the future of Rug & Kilim, and of the rug trade? Josh: The hardest question. This is something I battle with all the time, but we are determined for the next three years to do exactly what we’re doing. Of course, there’s always a pressure, but my intention is for the next three years to stay where we are for sure. The industry? For a boutique business
like ours the players may change, but we’re basically always going to be sourc- ing the best of what‘s being produced and finding people who want them. That’s really our goal, and that’s my promise so long as I can grow the business by providing only the highest quality. Right now, our means of growing the business are tapestries, Mid-Century, Deco and period pieces from that era, and of course we’re constantly trying to upgrade our offerings to our wholesale audience. RI: As this is Rug & Kilim’s 45th anniversary, what can we expect for the 50th anniversary, and beyond? Josh: I suspect that it will be very interesting and probably very exciting
to see the 50th. We have been managing to grow 20-25% every year in the last five years, and I suspect that we’ll main- tain the same growth if not more, and like I said, for the next three years, our promise is to stay with the same exact way of doing business. We, just like I mentioned before, keep adding to our categories. We’re now heavily invested in Aubussons and European weaving, and it’s exciting for us. This is probably a market that will develop in a few years, but we’re planting the seeds now! rugandkilim.com
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