Comments on: The care and feeding of Karastan rugs. http://www.rugchick.com/2010/06/the-care-and-feeding-of-karastan-rugs/ All about oriental and area rugs. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.rugchick.com/2010/06/the-care-and-feeding-of-karastan-rugs/comment-page-1/#comment-579 admin Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:51:12 +0000 http://www.therugchick.com/?p=548#comment-579 David - thank you for the insight on Karastan's focus. For years I recommended them without worry, but as I saw the inferior overseas product sneaking in, especially the viscose (and some poor quality Chinese hooked product) - I assumed something had happened to the ownership. You answered my question as to the "why" behind the lax in quality choices. Glad to hear they may be moving toward their past superior product creation. Perhaps you could put in a word to tell them to stop selling disposable viscose rugs to consumers - when consumers discover they are paying good money for bad product, it will harm their brand they've built over the decades. Thanks! Lisa David – thank you for the insight on Karastan’s focus. For years I recommended them without worry, but as I saw the inferior overseas product sneaking in, especially the viscose (and some poor quality Chinese hooked product) – I assumed something had happened to the ownership. You answered my question as to the “why” behind the lax in quality choices.

Glad to hear they may be moving toward their past superior product creation. Perhaps you could put in a word to tell them to stop selling disposable viscose rugs to consumers – when consumers discover they are paying good money for bad product, it will harm their brand they’ve built over the decades.

Thanks!
Lisa

]]> By: David Sweeney http://www.rugchick.com/2010/06/the-care-and-feeding-of-karastan-rugs/comment-page-1/#comment-576 David Sweeney Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:13:48 +0000 http://www.therugchick.com/?p=548#comment-576 Hi Lisa, To be truthful, Karastan has only imported some of their studio collection from India over the last few years, but its still only a very small percentage of their sales. With the exception of a beligium wiltons and a few other Novelty rugs imported, Karastan's sales remain strong on their orginal Spooler Axeminster style rugs and those will always be made here in the USA. Mohawk's purchase of Karastan had forced some profit oriented changes like the studio series exeriement but with some new changes in Mohawk Management, Karastan has recommited in 2010 to only producing products in the USA, over the next year you will see any Karastan Imported products slowly phased out and the tried and true woven broadlooms and Axeminster will continue to dominate the total sales for Karastan rugs. David Sweeney Sweeney Bros. Karastan Gallergy of Design Hi Lisa,

To be truthful, Karastan has only imported some of their studio collection from India over the last few years, but its still only a very small percentage of their sales. With the exception of a beligium wiltons and a few other Novelty rugs imported, Karastan’s sales remain strong on their orginal Spooler Axeminster style rugs and those will always be made here in the USA. Mohawk’s purchase of Karastan had forced some profit oriented changes like the studio series exeriement but with some new changes in Mohawk Management, Karastan has recommited in 2010 to only producing products in the USA, over the next year you will see any Karastan Imported products slowly phased out and the tried and true woven broadlooms and Axeminster will continue to dominate the total sales for Karastan rugs.

David Sweeney
Sweeney Bros.
Karastan Gallergy of Design

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