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Press Releases
NICHE Magazine Announces Nominees for
2008 Top Retailer Awards Program
Baltimore, Md. (April 16, 2008)—NICHE magazine, the exclusive trade publication for progressive retailers, is proud to announce the nominees for the 2008 Top Retailer Awards program.
Professional fine craft artists throughout the United States and Canada nominated more than 600 craft galleries, retail stores, arts nonprofits, museums and guilds. The full list of this year’s nominees is now posted at AmericanCraft.com.
Criteria for nomination were based on NICHE magazine's Retailers’ Guide to Best Practices, which details the characteristics of craft retailers who are committed to fair business practices and to growing and strengthening the American craft community.
The Top Retailer Awards program annually recognizes 24 retailers and gallery owners, one Retailer of the Year, and several retailers, galleries, museums and guilds in the following categories:
- Best Arts Nonprofit
- Best Merchandising
- Best Customer Newsletter (print or electronic)
- Best Advertising/Direct Mail Campaign
- Best New Store (less than five years old)
- Best Museum Store
- Best Guild Store
- Best Website/Online Marketing
- Best In-Store Event
The nominated retailers will receive a Retailer Application, which must be completed and returned in order to advance to the judging stage of the competition. A panel of independent judges, made up of prominent members of the craft community, will review and score each retailer application. The retailer with the highest score in each category will be named the winner. Judges will be announced in the coming weeks.
Award winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Sunday, August 3, 2008, during the summer Buyers Market of American Craft, August 2-4, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa. Winners in each category will be published in the Autumn 2008 issue of NICHE magazine.
About NICHE magazine
NICHE magazine, AmericanCraft.com, is published by The Rosen Group, a Baltimore-based arts marketing, publishing and advocacy firm. The Rosen Group also publishes AmericanStyle magazine, AmericanCraft.com, an arts lifestyle magazine for enthusiasts, collectors and travelers, and produces the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, AmericanCraft.com, the nation’s largest wholesale craft show.
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For more information and to interview NICHE magazine staff or any NICHE Top Retailer Awards nominee, contact Jean Thompson at 410.889.2933 x218 or jeant@rosengrp.com.
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