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Capel Rugs Designer Cococozy Named to Forbes’ Top Influencers List
May 24,
2017 by Jane Chero in Designer Weekly, Industry, Special Events 
Design blogger, home furnishings designer and Capel Rugs licensing partner,Cococozy has been named to Forbes magazine’s Top Influencers List.
Published for the first time in April, Forbes’ Top Influencers list will be published quarterly, ranking 10 superstars from each of three unique categories per launch, starting with beauty, fitness and home.
“We’re so excited that Coco has been honored this way,” said Cameron Capel, vice president of national accounts for Capel Rugs. “She is an amazing blogger and communicator with inspiring, relatable messages and tips for today’s busy women. And she’s also a highly talented designer with a knack for creating fashion-forward rugs and textiles that are both livable and affordable.”
Cococozy’s partnership with Capel Rugs started in 2013, when she launched a new program of five collections and 24 rugs. Since that time, her Cococozy for Capel program has steadily grown to include a variety of styles, constructions and price points. At the High Point market, the Cococozy for Capel Rugs line added four new collections, including the highly popular Finesse Tower Court design and the Color Block design.
Cococozy – one of 10 influencers singled out in the home category, and one of only 30 influencers named in this first edition of the list – also has a licensing deal with Mirth Studio for painted wood floor tiles, and makes her own line of pillows, throws, home textiles and accessories.
“A television executive by day who prefers to remain ‘pseudonymous,’ the blogger behind Cococozy started out in 2008 at the behest of a friend,” said Forbes in the profile it posted on its website. “Since (then), she’s grown an online presence into a full-fledged textiles and furnishings brand.”
“I enjoy every minute of sharing my point of view on décor, design, fashion, entertaining and more,” said Coco. “Blogging is not easy, so you have to love what you do.”
The Cococozy blog (www.cococozy.com), is known for being authentic and reliable. A champion multitasker who also works full-time as a broadcasting executive in Los Angeles, Coco posts a new blog every day.