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Michigan Retailers Association’s statement on Gov. Whitmer’s reopening of retail

MRA President and CEO William J.Hallan

Statement from Bill Hallan, President and CEO of Michigan Retailers Association, about the Governor’s new guidelines for reopening retail:

“I want to thank Gov. Whitmer for trusting retailers to safely conduct retail-to-go.

March sales nosedive as pandemic and closures hit Michigan stores

LANSING, Mich. – The pervasive business shutdown prompted by COVID-19 hit Michigan retailers hard, as reflected in the Michigan Retail Index survey released today.

The monthly survey, based on a 100-point range,

Contactless credit card acceptance during COVID-19 (and beyond)

Mayleben

By JOHN MAYLEBEN

As we move through the new “normal” of doing business in a non-contact kind of way, one of the points of contact that can be modified is how you accept a card for payment at the point of sale.