828 International Trading Co.
At 828 International, we never sit still. Our company is driven by the desire to deliver rugs of unsurpassed quality and style. To that end, we travel the globe to create rugs that exceed your expectations. From Belgium, England, China and to Turkey, and India, we work closely with leading designers and manufacturers to bring you exclusively licensed collections that cover a wide range of fibers, weaves, designs, sizes, colors and price points.
In just a few short years, 828 International has emerged as a leading supplier to many of the nation's top retailers. Our pride in this growth is surpassed by our priority to treat each customer like family. We believe in providing exceptional customer service and support that belief with an extraordinary distribution system and top-notch team dedicated to bringing you what you needæwhen you need it.
We invite you to journey with us to the world of 828 International and discover why people are sold on the elegance and luxurious feel of our rugs before they ever see the beautifully affordable price.
Home Dynamix
Our Mission: To exceed the expectations of our retail customers by pioneering and marketing the most exciting, innovative and value based home decorative products to the consuming public.
Our History: Home Dynamix was founded in 1986 by the Evar Family. From the arrival of the very first container of rugs to Moshe's house, (yes, his children actually helped him unload the container into his basement) through successful years leading up to the landmark purchase of Decotex, a completely vertical Bulgarian textile mill, Home Dynamix has never lost sight of the values instilled by it's humble beginnings.
Within the first few years of it's founding, Home Dynamix established itself as the New York metropolitan area's leading source for floor covering products and shortly thereafter, expanded on this success into the national and international arenas.
Although Home Dynamix's business has been primarily in the floor covering product categories of rugs, mats and tiles, future expansion will include various textile and other decorative home products.
As the company has grown dramatically, the Evars have made it a goal to maintain a working environment that is conducive to the well being of their employees and a warm, caring place to work.
At Home Dynamix, we owe a debt of gratitude to our retail partners, valued suppliers and most of all to our loyal and dedicated employees, who not only helped us get to where we are today, but will surely spur us on to achieve even greater things tomorrow.
Central Oriental
The main focus of the company is to provide high quality products at fair and reasonable prices. We manufacture and travel the world to find the best factories that produce outstanding quality rugs to correspond with today's fashion trends. We pride ourselves on fast, efficient and friendly customer service.
Shaw Floors
Shaw got its start in 1946 as Star Dye Company, a small business that dyed tufted scatter rugs. The events that transformed the company into the world's largest carpet manufacturer are too numerous to write...or even fully know. But the philosophy guiding those events meeting customers, determine their needs, and supplying those needs hasn't changed much through the years.
Clarence Shaw, father of CEO Robert E. (Bob) Shaw and J.C. (Bud) Shaw, bought Star Dye Company in 1946. In 1958, Bob Shaw became CEO of the company, which was then jointly owned by the two brothers. With $300,000 in sales, the company expanded dramatically and soon started finishing carpet as Star Finishing Company.
In 1967, J.C. Shaw organized a holding company to acquire Philadelphia Carpet Company, founded in 1846. The holding company added Star Finishing to the fold one year later, marking the company's first move into carpet manufacturing. The holding company went public as Shaw Industries, Inc. in 1971 with approximately $43 million in sales and 900 employees. In 1985, Shaw made its first appearance on the list of America's largest corporations--the Fortune 500--with more than $500 million in sales and close to 5,000 employees.
Continually differentiating its service and adding value for customers motivated every major move in the company's development, among them:
* Generating its own yarn supply with the 1972 purchase of its first yarn plant
* Seeing the potential of newly developed continuous dyeing processes and acquiring its first continuous dye plant in 1973
* Creating its own trucking subsidiary, dramatically improving shipments nationwide
* Significantly expanding direct sales to retailers beginning in 1982
* Establishing regional distribution centers across the United States
* Modernizing plants and equipment in the early 1980s, allowing it to respond quickly to such breakthroughs as stain resistant carpet
* Decreasing the consumption of fuel, water, and electricity in the manufacturing process and finding innovative recycling solutions for manufacturing waste
* Acquiring Amoco's polypropylene fiber production facilities in 1992 and providing consumers popular Berber styles
* Starting the rug division in 1993 and the hard surfaces division in 1998 with the launch of Shaw Ceramics
The desire to be the industry's low-cost provider was also a determining factor in Shaw's decisions, namely the acquisitions that brought such respected names as Cabin Crafts and Sutton under the Shaw umbrella. It also played a role in one of the largest and most significant moves in the company's history: the merger of Shaw and Queen Carpets.
Queen's own legacy started when Harry and Helen Saul, parents of Shaw President Julian Saul, expanded their part time business into the full-time venture, Queen Chenilles. The year was 1946, the same year Clarence Shaw started Star Dye.
On January 4, 2001, Shaw began a new chapter in its long and varied history with the completion of its sale to Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company of renowned investor Warren E. Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway is known for buying and holding businesses that have a dominant market share, have strong management teams, and are considered undervalued in the stock market. With the move, Shaw ended its tenure as a public company.
Today, with the leadership of Vance Bell, CEO, and Randy Merritt, President, Shaw is a full-service flooring company with more than $5 billion in annual sales and approximately 30,000 employees. The employees' daily efforts illustrate their commitment and their determination to stay on top in an ever-changing and highly competitive marketplace.
For a complete picture of Shaw's history, Shaw recommends, Shaw Industries: A History by Randall L. Patton -- From The University of Georgia Press
Persian Weavers
Persian weavers rugs are woven with the newest technology weaving looms.
All looms are fully computerizes to assure the perfect quality, the perfect look, the perfect construction, and ultimately the perfect area rug for your clients.
