Pro po See ste 201 F&F 3• I a Evt t ek s2 013
Volume 23, Number 2
Spring 2013
The Global Home & Contract Furnishings Newspaper
Dubai Furnishings Market Revives From Lows; Market Turns Highly Competitive, Shaking Off Trade Restrictions to Iran By Vishwanath.S
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Partners Subash Asar & his wife Renuka, BBL Enterprises LLC
Ishwar Bharwani, Managing Director & Pawan Lalwani, Associate Manager, Ultra Furnishings
Nazeer Khan-Partner, Silk Weave Furnishing LLC
ubai, UAE — Competition among fabric wholesalers has increased in the major export hub of Dubai as it recovers from the trade embargo against Iran. BBL Enterprises LLC, Ultra Furnishings Fabrics and Silk Weave fight hard for increased sales, market share and survival according to their principals. “During 1981, our family business was looted and destroyed due to the Kuwait war. We moved to Dubai and made a new beginning with home furnishings, but the real opportunity to earn came in 1991 due to Russia’s break-up as CIS countries started buying from Dubai,” recalls, Subash Asar, a partner in BBL enterprises LLC, Dubai. (continued on page 14)
Fiorete brings Cazzaniga silk to Proposte; Thanos Kamiolitis, Fiorete USA, loves wife’s tribute to Picasso. p.34
O’Sullivan Skai® Puts More Skin in the Game p.22
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Jennifer Castoldi spots trends at Maison Objet Paris p.12