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From the CEO: A Decade of Buying Nearby
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A circuit breaker failed at MRA world headquarters, causing my office temperature to plummet to the mid-50s during the coldest months of the year. A breaker replacement required a two-week lead-time,
Standing the Test of Time
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By: William J. Hallan, President & CEO of Michigan Retailers Association
There is a classic scene in the 1997 movie Hook when academy award winner Dustin Hoffman,
From the CEO: Use Your Voice for the Good of Retail
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Lately, in an effort to clean up my email inbox, I’ve been on an unsubscribe mission. Perhaps it started with the endless torrent of out-of-state political emails or the unsolicited offers from companies I’ve never heard of.