AmericasMart Roy Award Nominations Begin

ATLANTA, June 2006--Annually during the July Atlanta International Area Rug Market, the nation’s premier area rug retailers are recognized and honored through AmericasMart’s acclaimed Rug Retailer of the Year Awards (ROY Awards). All ROY nominees are nominated exclusively by AmericasMart area rug exhibitors and then voted on by an independent panel of industry experts. The 13th annual ROY Awards will be held on Sunday, July 16 beginning at 6 p.m., in the Oceans Ballroom of the Georgia Aquarium, the world’s largest aquarium. The Ballroom--situated among the most spectacular and endangered sea creatures, including Beluga Whales and Whale Sharks--the largest fish in the world--will host live entertainment, a complimentary cocktail buffet and a Monte Carlo-themed casino evening. A capacity crowd is expected to attend. As of June 8, the 2006 ROY nominees are: Abbey Carpet of Naples Azar’s Oriental Rug Beckler’s Heritage Gallery Brown Furniture Classic Oriental Rugs Cotswold Furniture Dewitt Designs Front Gate Glabman Furniture Haynes Furniture Home & Flooring Galleria Home Value J&S Designer Flooring Just Rugs Lewis Carpet One McDhurries, Ltd. Nomad Rugs Parvizian Persian Rug Galleries Roswell Rug Co. Rug Masters Rugs As Art Starr Floor Covering Co. The Great Rug Co. The Rug Warehouse Unique Oriental Rugs Weisshouse Worldwide Wholesalers Airbase Carpet Mart Bakersfield Rugs Braden Wholesale Furn. Carpet Exchange Coles Carpets Cyrus Carpets East India Carpets FurnitureLand South Hadinger Carpets Henderson’s Furniture Home Goods J.C. Penny Jordan’s Furniture Latitudes Marshall Fields/BBT Rug Nebraska Furn. Mart Outrageous Bargains Peerless Imported Rug R.C. Willey Rug & Home Rug Smart, Inc. Rugs Direct The Great Indoors The Scarab Weavers Art Wickes Furniture The New Jersey Decorating Exchange For more information on AmericasMart and its annual Markets, please visit www.americasmart.com or call 1-800-ATL-MART.