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Roman, Cottage Garden Collections Merge

Roman, Inc. and Cottage Garden Collections, two award-winning, family-run gift companies well known in the industry for their inspiration and sentiment product lines, announced a merger effective October 15, 2008.  This alliance will bring even stronger and more innovative products and programs to retailers nationwide.
Cottage Garden, Inc., a sentiment gift company, was founded in 1996 by Angela Timm, a young creative retailer with stores in Maryland. Four years later, her husband, Mark, known for his sales and marketing savvy, came on board and took over the day-to-day management of the company as president. Their combination of talents destined Cottage Garden to become America's number one leading manufacturer and supplier of music and jewelry boxes and sentiment frames.

Roman Inc. was founded by Ronald T. Jedlinski as an inspirational gift company more than four-and-a-half decades ago. Growing up in his father's general store, it was a natural that Jedlinski made his own way in this industry. With $500 and an old station wagon full of inspiration products, Jedlinski rapidly carved his niche in the religious articles and giftware marketplace.
Today, Jedlinski's son-in-law, Dan Loughman, has taken on the day-to-day management of the company as president and CEO.

For additional information about Roman Inc., contact them at 472 Brighton Dr., Bloomingdale, IL 60108, call 630/705-4600 or visit the website www.roman.com.
For additional information about Cottage Garden Collections contact 7796 N. CR. Rd., 100 East, Bainbridge IN 46105, call 877/210-3456 or visit www.cgcollections.com.

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