Reducing Costs

I am so glad that most of the arts and craft stores are still holding up so well, in spite of the bad economical situation. I wouldn't know what to do if they had to close their doors permanently; it would come down to a long drive in order to get all the craft supplies I would need.

I suspect the stores have found different ways to cut down their costs and one of those solutions could have been paying cheaper transaction rates for processing credit cards. It may not seem like much, but people are paying almost everything with a credit card these days.

For the retailers with the best credit card processing that could equate to substantial savings. A penny saved, is a penny earned and they could definitely use that keeping their heads above water until the crisis is over.

Even after the financial situation would be restored, it would be beneficial taking advantage of excellent merchant accounts without having to dive deep in to the wallet. After all; why pay too much if you can get the same or better a lot cheaper?