July 18, 2000
Nautical Works, a specialty gift store with locations in Traverse City and Leland, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).
Shoppers can access Nautical Works online through the Mall of Michigan at http://www.mallofmichigan.com. The store is listed in the Gifts section.
Nautical Works offers a broad selection of nautical-theme gifts, collectibles and furnishings. Its web fare includes Harbour Lights and Lefton Lights lighthouse figurines, Edmund Fitzgerald artwork, ship's wheel tables and much more.
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 100 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 5,500 retail business members operate more than 12,000 stores across the state.