News Releases
2013 2012 2011- Ned Daly to Lead RugMark International Expansion Efforts
WASHINGTON D.C., November 19 – RugMark USA announces an important new staff addition for RugMark International. Ned Daly will serve as the Director of RugMark International and will oversee the governance of the RugMark International network, facilitate independent audits of national programs, strengthen standards and systems, and coordinate the work of current and new national offices.
- 11/19/2007
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- RugMark Foundation Raffles Handmade Rug by Emma Gardner
WASHINGTON D.C., November 14 – RugMark is pleased to announce that its 2007 rug raffle is now underway. On offer this year is a luxury, handmade rug donated by RugMark member and award winning designer Emma C. Gardner, chief designer and principal of emma gardner design. The company has been a RugMark licensee since 2002, and all of its rugs bear the RugMark label, the best assurance that a rug is child-labor-free.
- 11/14/2007
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- Dwell® President and Publisher Michela O'Connor Abrams Appointed to RugMark Foundation USA Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 5, 2007—Today Michela O’Connor Abrams, President and Publisher of Dwell was appointed to the RugMark Foundation USA Board of Directors, the body advising the nonprofit organization working to end exploitative child labor in the handmade carpet industry and give educational opportunities to children in India, Nepal and Pakistan.
- 11/05/2007
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- RugMark Informs San Francisco Design Community About Child Labor in Rug Industry and a Beautiful Solution at Western Interiors Design + Home Show
WASHINGTON D.C., October 24 – RugMark educated design professionals and consumers about the prevalence of child labor in South Asia’s carpet industry at the Western Interiors Design + Home Show on October 26-28, 2007 in San Francisco. Exploitative child labor is widespread in the carpet industry, but design professionals and consumers can help eliminate this inhumane practice by demanding carpets bearing the RugMark label, the best assurance that a rug was made by adult artisans, not children.
- 10/24/2007
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- Amid Softening U.S. Rug Sales, RugMark Posts 30 Percent Annual Market Growth Certified Child-Labor-Free Rugs
WASHINGTON D.C., September 25 – A growing number of U.S. rug consumers are factoring social responsibility into their rug purchasing decisions by selecting rugs with the RugMark certification label. In the wake of Metro Rug Alliance Market Week in New York – one of the rug industry’s most significant professional events – RugMark announces that certified rug imports to the U.S. have grown from $0 in 1996 to $8.9 million in 2006. Sales of child-labor-free rugs have increased by nearly 30 percent per year since 2004.
- 09/25/2007
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