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Reliable Point-of-Sale Solutions Crucial for Florists Who Process Up to Three Per Cent of Annual Business on Mother’s Day Alone

Canadians certainly love their moms, lavishing them with flowers, spa treatments and jewellery for Mother’s Day 2009. Point-of-sale results from Moneris Solutions, Canada’s largest provider of payment processing solutions, reveals that florists across the country experienced a surge in business between the first weekend in May and Mother’s Day weekend, with credit card transactions jumping by 5 per cent over the previous week in the flower, spa, jewellery and garden retail categories. Debit cards were active, too, with florists processing 255 per cent more than during than same period last week.

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