For Immediate Release
April 13, 2005

Country Elegance, a specialty retailer in Livonia, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).

Shoppers can access Country Elegance online through the Mall of Michigan at www.mallofmichigan.com. The site is listed in the Gifts section.

Country Elegance features gifts and home décor ranging from primitive country to today’s casual style. It offers a large selection of silk floral items, candles, body care products, jewelry, gardening décor, inspirational items and bears.

The store’s website features information about product lines, coupons and a store newsletter. Online shopping will be available in the near future.

The Mall of Michigan is a collection of unique specialty shops—all of them MRA members—offering distinctive products online. More than 150 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 nearly 6,000 retail business members operate more than 13,000 stores across the state.