Warm weather helped cool holiday sales
LANSING – Heat Miser appeared to get the upper hand, as unseasonably warm weather helped push Michigan retailers’ holiday sales below forecasts. Sales increased 0.4 percent over the 2014 season despite retailers’ forecasts of a 2 percent rise,
Retailers look forward to big shopping weekend
LANSING – Michigan retailers are looking forward to this big holiday shopping weekend – the final one before Christmas.
“The weekend before Christmas is traditionally one of the two biggest of the season and the year,” said MRA President and CEO James P.
Retailers post small sales gains in October
LANSING – Michigan retailers rang up slightly better sales in October, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index survey, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
