NICHE HONOR AWARD FOR ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF AMERICAN CRAFT
U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders, I-Vt.
Sen. Bernard Sanders went looking for gifts for his grandchildren last year in a shop at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and found that the small
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NICHE HONOR AWARD FOR A CULTURAL TOURISM PROJECT
PA Artisan Trails
Krista Donbaugh, manager
Newport, Pa.
www.paartisantrails.com
How are the trails organized?
There are currently six artisan trails across Pennsylvania. Each trail has a lead organization that works independently, assembling a group of partners (galleries, artisans,
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TOP RETAILER/BEST PRINT ADS OR PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN
The Village Artisans Gallery
PJ Heyman, owner
Boiling Springs, Pa.
www.villageartisansgallery.com
How do you use your brochures to help the store?
The “Artists in Action” brochures are distributed to area visitor bureaus, restaurants and shops. We give one to
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TOP RETAILER/BEST VISUAL DISPLAY OR STORE MAKEOVER
The Villager
Ingrid Brown, owner
Auburn, Ala.
www.shopvillager.com
What did your makeover involve?
We actually moved locations and remodeled a very old landmark building, scooping out the floors, walls, ceiling, electrical—really, everything.
What do you do regularly to make your
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Tiny Jewel Box in Washington, D.C., can now say it’s “America’s Coolest Jeweler,” after receiving first place in the Big Cool division (jewelry stores with six or more full-time employees) in INSTORE magazine’s list of America’s Coolest Stores for 2011.
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Research released recently by the National Retail Federation’s STORES magazine says that consumers are beginning to crack open their wallets and invest in the small luxuries that they’d been sacrificing.
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