PetGroomer.com Magazine
22
July / September 2020
To Credit or NOT to Credit? During our current pandemic, businesses are struggling with the multitude of opening and closing guidelines and restrictions. Many business owners are looking for ways to cut expenses to get them through the storm. Whether it’s my “Clean Club Memberhship” or other tips I have shared on how to make your business more successful, I am here to tell you why you should keep those credit cards processing & how to keep your employees happy at little cost to you!
percent of shoppers have cut down on their use of cash, while 97 percent of respondents are turning to credit and debit payments instead. Everyone in the United States, including business owners, have at least one credit card in their wallet. As the younger generations mature with their electronic payment habits (Pay Pal, Venmo, Apple) so do their preference for shopping and or avoiding certain businesses that do not cater to their shopping habits. Every year the amount of e commerce taking over traditional brick and mortar shopping increases in the double digits.
Many grooming salons still do not use credit cards as a means of payment. All I can think of when I hear this is all the The current pandemic has shown as lost revenue that business has been formuch as 90% growth in e-commerce saken due to this one single decision. In (electronic) shopping among some of my findings and according to research the largest online retailers. Shoppers by BAI Research and Hitachi Consulting that may have scoffed at the thought of (Continued on page 23) Copyright © 2013 Find41 A Groomer Inc. All rights reserved Subscribe www.egroomer.com on 22Consumer Payment Preferences, PetGroomer.com Magazine www.petgroomermagazine.com Subscribe Free
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