Free webinars: Difficult customers during COVID and SBA advice on PPP
Michigan Retailers Association is sponsoring five free hour-long seminars between June 16 and June 24, and we think you’ll want to listen in and get your questions answered.
Here are the details:
GET YOUR PPP AND SBA QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Have questions on the PPP program,
Congress gives PPP more flexibility; here are highlights
In legislation signed into law on Friday, Congress changed some of the original Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan requirements to make them more flexible. Below are some highlights of the changes.
Resources for retailers
Quarantine/testing guidance – August 12, 2022
The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 dropping the recommendation that people who are unvaccinated (or unboosted) quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
The conundrum of enforcing face masks
By BILL HALLAN, MRA President and CEO
On May 1 a security guard in Flint, working at a Family Dollar, was shot and killed when he informed a customer that a face covering was required to enter the store.
Gov. Whitmer’s latest order: Allowed reopenings and loosened restrictions
By AMY DRUMM
MORE INDUSTRIES RETURN TO WORK BY JUNE 15
Under new executive orders signed today, lots more reopening will occur over the next two weeks.
Governor: All retail can open at limited capacity; bottle returns to begin
More mostly good news today from the governor as she issued Executive Order 2020-110, lifting the stay home requirements.
On Thursday, June 4, all Michigan retailers will be able to officially open their doors with limited capacity.
MRA’s Hallan on Governor’s latest reopening order, weekend disturbances
Statement from Bill Hallan, President and CEO of Michigan Retailers Association, on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s further reopening of retail
“We are pleased that Gov. Whitmer is allowing retailers to open their doors to customers again.
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FREE SIGNAGE FOR YOUR STORE
Michigan Retailers Association has designed several signs that you can download for free and use in your store. You can find the signs on the retailers.com website by typing in this url:
https://bit.ly/2WXxUds.
April sales drastically drop as pandemic closes Michigan stores
LANSING, Mich. – Most stores were forced to close through the entirety of April due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the results of the Michigan Retail Index reflect the expected drastic decline in numbers.
