Seaside Retailer receives top honors from Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards

Winter 2020 issue wins first place and honorable mention in prestigious publishing awards program.

Seaside Retailer has joined the ranks of many renowned magazines by receiving a first place and honorable mention in the 2020 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards.

The awards program is the largest and longest-running recognition program for excellence in editorial and design. The awards are among the publishing industry’s most prestigious, and winners include top publications like Southern Living, Reader’s Digest, Harvard Business Review and National Geographic.

Seaside Retailer’s Winter 2020 issue was awarded a first place in the Eddie Awards in the Magazine Launch category for business-to-business (B2B) magazines. It also received an honorable mention in the Ozzie Awards’ New Magazine design category for B2B magazines.

Karen Carr and Kristin Ely launched Seaside Retailer in 2020 because they recognized a need in the marketplace for a magazine dedicated to beach, coastal and nautical retailers. They wanted to build on the already amazing community that exists between buyers, sellers and events with a publication that could serve as a valuable and trustworthy resource.

“The recognition by Folio: is a true testament to our dedication to providing a quality magazine with relevant content and exceptional design to our readers,” says Karen Carr, publisher and creative director of Seaside Retailer. “We are thrilled to have received this recognition as a new publication.”

“Since day one, we’ve stayed on pulse of the industry by attending tradeshows and providing original reporting on events, products and companies that influence the industry,” says Kristin Ely, associate publisher and editorial director of Seaside Retailer. “These awards solidify that we are hitting the mark and producing a quality magazine for our niche audience.”

Seaside Retailer is published quarterly by Breakwall Publishing, based in Medina, Ohio. The magazine will be expanding to bimonthly in 2021. A dedicated website, www.seasideretailer.com, and two monthly e-newsletters, Seaside Update and Seaside Spotlight are also part of Seaside Retailer’s portfolio of media products.