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Sherwood Gallery Nominated for Award in NICHE Magazine's New Top Retailer A wards Program

Baltimore, Md. (May 4, 2007)--Sherwood Gallery of Laguna Beach, CA, has been selected as a nominee in NICHE magazine's 2007 Top Retailer Awards. Sherwood Gallery has been nominated to receive an award in the following categories:

Top Retailer

Formerly titled the Top 100 Retailers of American Craft, the new Top Retailer Awards program will recognize 25 retailers and gallery owners, one Retailer of the Year, and give separate awards in several new categories.

More than 18,000 professional fine craft artists throughout the U.S. and Canada nominated nearly 700 galleries, retail stores, arts non profits, museums and guilds for the inaugural Top Retailer Awards.

"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."

In addition to publishing NICHE magazine, The Rosen Group produces the bi-annual Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft, the nation's largest wholesale American craft trade show. The Rosen Group also publishes American Style magazine, a consumer lifestyle magazine for arts enthusiasts and collectors.

For more information about this retailer, contact:

Donna Gourley
Sherwood Gallery
460 S. Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651

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Note: Sherwood Gallery was also nominated for this award in 2000, 2001, 2005 and 2006