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Trouble paying your store’s rent? Here’s how to negotiate with your landlord

By Benji Rosenzweig

Benji Rosenzweig is a commerical real estate broker with Colliers International, global commercial real estate services organization. He is based in Southfield. He specializes in retail throughout Southeast Michigan and is an expert in all things commercial real estate in the city of Detroit. 

New cleaning and mitigation efforts required for food selling-establishments and pharmacies

Executive Order 2020-109, originally issued as E.O. 2020-60 on Sunday, April 26 and continuing through the state of emergency, requires all food-selling establishments (grocery stores, convenience stores,

Michigan Retailers Association’s statement on Gov. Whitmer’s reopening of retail

MRA President and CEO William J.Hallan

Statement from Bill Hallan, President and CEO of Michigan Retailers Association, about the Governor’s new guidelines for reopening retail:

“I want to thank Gov. Whitmer for trusting retailers to safely conduct retail-to-go.

March sales nosedive as pandemic and closures hit Michigan stores

LANSING, Mich. – The pervasive business shutdown prompted by COVID-19 hit Michigan retailers hard, as reflected in the Michigan Retail Index survey released today.

The monthly survey, based on a 100-point range,

Contactless credit card acceptance during COVID-19 (and beyond)

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By JOHN MAYLEBEN

As we move through the new “normal” of doing business in a non-contact kind of way, one of the points of contact that can be modified is how you accept a card for payment at the point of sale.

Dear retailer…

The footage for this video was filmed early this year. We wanted to tell about all the good things happening at Michigan Retailers Association. And then the pandemic hit. So we changed course,

From CEO Bill Hallan: Help us help you

MRA President and CEO William J.Hallan

“Thank you so much for your response. I really do appreciate everything that MRA is doing for small business.”
Cathy Borovich
Redford Jewelry & Coin, Plymouth

“Let me thank you again for all of your help and information.

From CEO Bill Hallan: At MRA, essential work goes on. Just differently.

MRA President and CEO William J.Hallan

By BILL HALLAN

This morning I stopped to get coffee on my way into the office and I immediately wiped the cup down with a Clorox wipe. Who does that?