March 16, 2000
Ma-Ah's Futuristic Nostalgia, a specialty gift store in Lansing, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).
Shoppers can access Ma-Ah's online through the Mall of Michigan at http://www.mallofmichigan.com. The store is listed in the gifts section.
Ma-Ah's offers novelty items, including gag gifts, essential supplies for practical jokers, humorous T-shirts and all sorts of "weird stuff," from pink plastic flamingos to bendable alien figures.
Shoppers can make secure online credit card purchases through this Mall of Michigan store.
The Mall of Michigan's collection of unique specialty shops -- all of them MRA members -- opened in late 1997. More than 80 Michigan businesses now participate in e-commerce through this website.
Lansing-based MRA is the unified voice of retailing in Michigan and the nation's largest state trade association of general merchandise retailers. MRA's more than 5,000 retail business members operate more than 12,000 stores across the state.