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So, er – what’s your customer’s experience?

By JENNIFER ROOK, MRA Vice President, Communications and Marketing

Hope you don’t mind my little play on a Jimi Hendrix’s lyric. I’m a big fan. We’ll save music talk for another day.

Couple shares how their store became Ace Hardware’s ‘Coolest’

Gemmen's coolest hardware store

By SHANDRA MARTINEZ
Photos STEVE JESSMORE

Andrew and Jennifer Gemmen believe their boots-on-the-ground approach to operating their store probably best illustrates their passion for both their customers and employees.

Legally Speaking: A practical approach to doing more with less

Thomas Clement MRA General Counsel

By TOM CLEMENT, MRA General Counsel

A positive experience for your customers is always a top priority and a primary focus of day to day operations. With the difficulty employers are having finding qualified employees,

From the CEO: Duty to the customer

MRA President and CEO William J.Hallan

By Bill Hallan, President and CEO

A classic bar exam question focuses on the fiduciary duties an officer owes to a corporation. Specifically, an officer owes the corporation both the duty of care and the duty of loyalty.

Redirect Your Shopping Dollars to Michigan

 

Michiganders typically send $23.7 billion to out-of-state retailers, according to a 2021 economic study by Public Sector Consultants. But if they changed just one in 10 of their purchases to a Michigan store,

MRA reports August retail sales rise slighty over July

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Sales plateau last two months, retailers remain hopeful for stronger sales in Q4

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Retailers Association today reports a small increase in August sales performance over July.