Leading area rug retailers are recognized and honored each July through AmericasMart's Rug Retailer of the Year Awards, held during the International Area Rug Market.

The 13th annual Rug Retailer of the Year Awards will be held on Monday, July 17 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Oceans Ballroom of the Georgia Aquarium, the world's largest aquarium. The ballroom, situated among some of the most spectacular and endangered sea creatures, will host live entertainment, a cocktail buffet and a Monte Carlo-themed casino evening. A capacity crowd is expected to attend.

All ROY nominees are nominated exclusively by AmericasMart area rug exhibitors and then voted on by an independent panel of industry experts.

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 Flooring

Henderson's Furniture

Home Goods

J.C. Penney

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, visit www.americasmart.com or call 1-800-ATL-MART.