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Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass
Nominated for Award in NICHE Magazine’s
2009 Top Retailer Awards Program
Baltimore, Md. (April 13, 2009) - Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass of Dallas, TX has been selected as a nominee in NICHE magazine’s prestigious 2009 Top Retailer Awards. Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass has been nominated for an award in the following categories:
Top Retailer of American Craft
Best Customer Newsletter
Best In-Store Event
Sponsored by NICHE magazine, the exclusive trade publication for progressive retailer of fine American craft, the 2009 NICHE Top Retailer Awards program recognizes the nation’s best craft retailers, arts nonprofits, museums and guilds for growing and strengthening the American craft community. The Top Retailer Award program annually recognizes 24 retailers and gallery owners as Top Retailers and one Retailer of the Year, and gives awards in 10 other categories.
NICHE magazine polled more than 10,000 professional craft artists throughout the U.S. and Canada who nominated outstanding galleries, retail stores, arts nonprofits, museums and guilds for the 2009 Top Retailer Awards. Criteria for the nomination were based on NICHE magazine’s Retailer’s 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 nominees,” noted Wendy Rosen, publisher of NICHE magazine. “Their commitment to the American craft movement ensures the strength and growth of the arts and small businesses in communities throughout the country.”
Award winners will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday, August 2, 2008 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Winners in each category will be published in the Autumn 2009 issue of NICHE magazine and posted online at AmericanCraft.com.
For more information contact:
Barbara Kittrell
Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass
5100 Beltline Rd #820
Dallas, TX 75254
www.kittrellriffkind.com
artglass@kittrellriffkind.com
972-239-7957 |
