For Immediate Release
May 20, 2002

LANSING — Heirloom Pottery, a specialty art retailer in White Lake, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).

Shoppers can access Heirloom Pottery online through the Mall of Michigan at www.mallofmichigan.com. The store is listed in the Art section.

Heirloom Pottery features handcrafted porcelain and stoneware sculptures created by artist Debra Ventimiglia. The site's selection includes illuminated sculptures, wizards, angels and Halloween items.

The Mall of Michigan is a collection of unique specialty shops -- all of them MRA members -- offering distinctive products online. More than 140 Michigan businesses now participate in e-commerce through this website.

The Michigan Retailers Association 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.