By Oregon Small Business Association [5],
The local hype over Portland Airport’s changing of the decades-old carpet has been aptly picked up by NBC News, as well as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and CNN. With it comes a lot of jocularity at Oregonians expense with the NBC anchor making a reference to Portland’s “specialness” and another reference to Portlandia the TV show. You can view the video clip here [6].
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CNN’s story [9] featured the bizarre carpet fashion trend by noting such examples as nail PDX carpet nail polish.
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Businesses have joined the trend by selling various Portland Carpet themes items such as socks, blankets & napkins.
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