April 10, 2000
Essential Oils, a specialty bath and beauty store in Okemos, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).
Shoppers can access Essential Oils online through the Mall of Michigan at http://www.mallofmichigan.com. The store is listed in the gifts section.
Essential Oils offers aromatic bath, beauty and home products featuring natural ingredients, minimal packaging and no animal testing. Its web fare includes soaps, moisturizers, bath gels, shampoos and candles. More than 100 fragrant oils are available for custom scenting.
Shoppers can make secure online credit card purchases through this Mall of Michigan store. New Internet customers receive 15 percent off their first order.
The Mall of Michigan's collection of unique specialty shops -- all of them MRA members -- opened in late 1997. More than 85 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.