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From the CEO: A Decade of Buying Nearby

Bill Hallan headshot

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

William J. Hallan

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

William J. Hallan

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.