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Retailers are looking for employees who can help create gratifying experiences for customers. In a...
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By SHANDRA MARTINEZ
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By MEEGAN HOLLAND
Christmas comes year-round at Wahmhoff Farms Nursery located in Gobles, west of Kalamazoo. The...
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It’s a cloudy morning in Lansing, and as usual, I’ve arrived before dawn. The coffee has started to...
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By JAMES P. HALLAN, MRA President and Chief Executive Officer
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By WILLIAM J. HALLAN, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel
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Elections for the Michigan Retailers Association and Retailers Insurance boards will occur at their...
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By Amy Drumm, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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By JOHN MAYLEBEN
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By SHANDRA MARTINEZ
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By WILLIAM J. HALLAN, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel
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By JAMES P. HALLAN, MRA President and Chief Executive Officer
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By MEEGAN HOLLAND, MRA Vice President, Communications and Marketing
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By RACHEL SCHRAUBEN
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By JAMES P. HALLAN, MRA President and Chief Executive Officer
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The Michigan Retailers Association and ConnectPay are announcing a partnership that adds a valuable...
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By William J. Hallan, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel
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This year, Michigan Retailers Association chose two outstanding friends of retail to receive MRA’s...
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By Ally Nemetz, Director, Customer Service and Data Administration
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by John Mayleben
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LANSING – Michigan retailers saw a significantly better holiday sales season than 2016, according...
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Effective January 1, 2018, Michigan workers will see an increase in the minimum wage rate from...
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By Amy Drumm, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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Retailers may recall our story about a new deadline for medium- to large-sized employers to start...
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LANSING–Michigan retailers say their sales rose during October compared to September numbers,...
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If you use UPS for your small package residential shipments, expect to see a jump in costs this...
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By Ally Nemetz, Customer Service/Data Administration
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We know it’s a panicky moment when your credit card processing goes down. You’re wondering: Is it...
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by James P. Hallan, MRA President and Chief Executive Officer
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LANSING–Michigan retailers say they’re looking forward to a robust holiday shopping season,...
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By William J. Hallan, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel
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Because of government postponements, a change in presidential administrations and a lack of...
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By Amy Drumm, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
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by John Mayleben
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LANSING – Michigan Grocers Association and Michigan Retailers Association are proud to announce...
Governor Rick Snyder has proclaimed October 7 and 8 as Buy Nearby Weekend, a special shopping...
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LANSING – Michigan retailers reported a slight drop in sales activity for July over a month ago,...
The National Conference on Weights and Measures rejected a requirement for retailers to have...
Ace Hardware came out on top of a survey of 7,800+ consumers who were asked about their favorite...
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Summer Schriner, owner of Grace Boutique in Lansing’s Old Town, recalls feeling insecure as she...
A new Michigan Retailers Association member that took advantage of MRA’s partnership with Federal...
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Help us celebrate the fifth anniversary of our Buy Nearby campaign! You can do so by participating...
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Three Michigan Retailers Association members joined MRA’s Amy Drumm in Washington to advocate on...
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MRA’s annual scholarship competition is awarding 14 scholarships totaling $20,500 for the 2017-18...
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Michigan Sales After a sluggish start, we are now at the mid-point of a Pure Michigan summer and...
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LANSING – Michigan retailers are on a roll, with June marking the fourth straight month of positive...
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John Mayleben, CPP, is a consultant to Michigan Retailers Association and is MRA’s retired senior...
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by Tom Scott, MRA Senior Vice President Communications and Marketing
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LANSING – Michigan retailers posted their strongest performance of the year in May, pushing up...
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by William J. Hallan, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
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LANSING – Michigan retailers expect more of the same after posting positive retail sales during...
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Retailers Insurance Company is a Michigan-based insurer established by Michigan Retailers...
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LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) today announced that Meegan Holland will become vice...
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LANSING – Michigan retailers’ spring sales forecasts grew even stronger after their March sales...
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by Ally Nemetz, Director, Customer Service and Data Administration
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by William J. Hallan, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
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LANSING – More than three of every four Michigan retailers (76 percent) expect to increase their...
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Many Michigan businesses will be required as soon as July 1 to start using a new, online system to...
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Winter time in Michigan creates numerous seasonal hazards for individuals, especially the risk of...
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LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association today announced that Tom Scott, senior vice president...
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LANSING – More than four of five Michigan retailers (82 percent) expect to increase 2017 sales over...
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John Mayleben, CPP, is a consultant to Michigan Retailers Association and is MRA’s retired senior...
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LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association’s Retailers Insurance Company announced the following...
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by William J. Hallan, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
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LANSING – Weaker than expected December sales undercut November gains, producing mixed holiday...
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LANSING – Students across Michigan are competing for larger college and training scholarships this...
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LANSING – Michigan retailers are optimistic about the home stretch of holiday shopping and the...
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People often think only about legislation when they hear the term “government affairs,” but MRA...
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In these times, employers’ risks and exposures are constantly expanding.
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by Ally Nemetz, Director, Customer Service and Data Administration
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John Mayleben CPP, is MRA senior vice president technology and new product development and a...
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LANSING – Holiday shoppers in Michigan this Thanksgiving weekend will quickly get into the thick of...
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IMPORTANT UPDATE 11/23/16 Judge blocks start of new overtime rules A federal judge in Texas issued...
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LANSING – Michigan retailers are forecasting a positive holiday season, with their sales rising by...
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LANSING – Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) announced 2016-17 officers for the MRA Board of...
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Shoppers supporting retailers such as Linn & Owen Jewelers benefit community LANSING, Mich. —...
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LANSING –Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) has promoted three employees and added three former...
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LANSING – David S. Phillips, a Traverse City resident with solid experience in sales and client...
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