For Immediate Release
July 15, 2004

LANSING — Scented Bubbles Co., a specialty retailer in Midland, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).

Shoppers can access Scented Bubbles online through the Mall of Michigan at www.mallofmichigan.com. The store is listed in the Health & Beauty section.

Scented Bubbles offers decorative soap and bath products, including hand milled soaps, shower gels, bath salts and tub teas in over 40 scents and many different shapes. Gift baskets can be customized online.

The website features information about the ingredients used in the handmade products as well as a search feature. Shoppers can make secure online credit card purchases through this Mall of Michigan store.

In addition, owner Tricia McDonald has a second online store listed with the Mall of Michigan, also in the Health & Beauty section: Sleep Away Fat, which offers weight loss and other dietary supplements and health products.

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.