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NICHE Top Retail Award Winner

Artisan Connection Wins 2007 Top Retailer Award!

Store Owner Bonnie Marshall accepts the award.

Baltimore, Md. (August 5, 2007)— Artisan Connection of State College, Pa., won a 2007 Top Retailer Award from NICHE magazine in a ceremony held on August 5 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The 2007 Top Retailer Awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, the nation’s largest wholesale craft show.

More than 18,000 professional fine craft artists throughout the U.S. and Canada nominated nearly 600 galleries, retail stores, arts nonprofits, museums and guilds for the NICHE Top Retailer Awards.

The awards program recognized 33 retailers and gallery owners this year. Criteria for nomination were based on NICHE magazine's Retailer 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.

“I am honored to recognize this year's winners,” noted Wendy Rosen, publisher of NICHE magazine. “Their commitment to American crafts ensures the continued growth of the arts and small businesses in communities throughout the country."