For Immediate Release

August 13, 2008

LANSING —Clown Supply & Novelty Company, a specialty online business in Plymouth, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing and shopping service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).

Shoppers can access Clown Supply & Novelty Company online through the Mall of Michigan at www.mallofmichigan.com. The site is listed in the Miscellaneous section.

This family-owned business has been dealing in clown and mime supplies, including professional quality wigs, costumes, hats, shoes, gloves, socks and noses since 1960. The online shop offers all of the above, as well as novelty glasses and sunglasses, clown tools, makeup kits and tools, and clown props and novelty items (rubber chicken, anyone?)

The business’s website also offers information on its ordering policy and allows customers to search the site or check the status of orders.

The Mall of Michigan is a collection of unique specialty shops—all of them MRA members—offering distinctive products online. Nearly 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 5,500 retail business members operate more than 13,000 stores across the state.