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Month: February 2018
Chain stores find compelling reasons to build small
Michigan Retailers honors lawmakers MacGregor, VerHeulen for work on food tax bill
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This year, Michigan Retailers Association chose two outstanding friends of retail to receive MRA’s Legislator of the Year awards: Representative Rob VerHeulen (R-Walker) and Senator Peter MacGregor (R-Rockford). Both legislators sponsored bills that became a new law preventing local governments from taxing food or beverages (Public Act 135 of 2018).
January sales slump, but see why we expect big sales in 2018
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LANSING – Cold weather and the holiday hangover account for a dip in Michigan retail sales in January, on the heels of a positive holiday sales season, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index,