Retail pop-up stores help entrepreneurs test ideas
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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.
How does a bill become a law?
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How do we develop new legislation? Let’s describe the process – and the important role MRA members play.
STEP 1: IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES
The process to change or make a new law really starts with you.
Potholes play into February sales numbers
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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.