Retail pop-up stores help entrepreneurs test ideas
By Rick Haglund
Downtown Muskegon was slowly revitalizing, years after the failed Muskegon Mall was demolished. But a crucial commercial element was missing.
“Retail wasn’t coming downtown as fast as we’d like,” City Clerk Ann Meisch said.
Potholes play into February sales numbers
Michigan followed the national trend, with a tiny dip in retail sales in February, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Detroit branch.
Opioid crisis: Employers must act
By William J. Hallan, MRA Executive Vice President, COO and General Counsel
Like the rest of the country, Michigan is having an opioid crisis. The number of opioid prescriptions is increasing,
