Governor: Stores must enforce mask order
Stores must refuse service and bar entry of customers who are not wearing facemasks, according to a new order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Stores that fail to do this risk having their license suspended.
May sales still dismal but retailers optimistic for summer
LANSING, Mich. – May retail sales continued to tank with stores shut down for most of the month.
The May Retail Index survey came in at 30.0, up from April’s 10.8.
Michigan Retailer magazine: Small grocers during COVID, sidewalk sales
The June/July issue of Michigan Retailer magazine is out!
Retailers are looking for ways to sell outdoors as a way to make customers feel more safe during the pandemic.
The last three months have been a fire drill like no other
By AMY DRUMM, MRA Vice President, Government Affairs
There’s nothing like a good fire drill to shake things up, and COVID-19 was the fire drill to end all fire drills.
By the numbers
Free webinars: Difficult customers during COVID and SBA advice on PPP
Michigan Retailers Association is sponsoring five free hour-long seminars between June 16 and June 24, and we think you’ll want to listen in and get your questions answered.
Here are the details:
GET YOUR PPP AND SBA QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Have questions on the PPP program,
Congress gives PPP more flexibility; here are highlights
In legislation signed into law on Friday, Congress changed some of the original Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan requirements to make them more flexible. Below are some highlights of the changes.
Resources for retailers
Quarantine/testing guidance – August 12, 2022
The CDC relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 dropping the recommendation that people who are unvaccinated (or unboosted) quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.
The conundrum of enforcing face masks
By BILL HALLAN, MRA President and CEO
On May 1 a security guard in Flint, working at a Family Dollar, was shot and killed when he informed a customer that a face covering was required to enter the store.
