Buy Nearby

MRA Recognizes Buy Nearby Champion

Barb Stein with MRA President and CEO Bill Hallan

During the early 2010’s, retail was feeling the brunt of the Great Recession. Sales were down and Main Streets were hurting. Michigan retailers, as a whole, are creative and gifted marketers,

Welcome to Taylor, Michigan

Buy Nearby Guy and Taylor Swift's famous 13

BY: Andrea Bitely, MRA Vice President of Marketing and Communications

With Taylor Swift in Detroit on June 9 and 10, Michigan Retailers Association would like to welcome everyone to Taylor,

Michigan Retailers Celebrate a Decade of Buy Nearby Campaign

Buy Nearby 10-year logo

MRA campaign teaches consumers the economic benefits of shopping locally; if Michigan consumers redirected 10 percent of their out-of-state e-commerce spending to local retailers, it would add about $3 billion to the state’s economy.