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has instilled e with a lot of confidence in their capacity to will be secured behind a This kind of swindle is carried
meet the needs of Québec hardware stores and customers. password. If you don’t have a out very rarely, but none the less,
They quickly understood my needs and adjusted their physical terminal, but do all they would like to ensure that
response accordingly; this will allow me to improve my of your processing through an you’re protected from it. Please
product offering in store,” said Henri Dauphinais, owner of online portal, please ignore this feel free to contact them with
Lacolle Centre du Quincaillier.
message. any questions in the interim.
They are making this change
due to the emergence of a Tom Bremner, Association Sales.
clever new face-to-face scam ffice e t
that involves the conversion of a Fax: 1-855-257-4327
Sale to a Pre-Authorization. This www.baselineprocessing.com
conversion allows the fraudster
to process a transaction without
the need for a PIN and can be
overlooked by busy employees.

More materials in a brand new warehouse
Besides the complete renovation of the store front, the
5,000-square-foot hardware store will double with the
building of a new 10,000-square-foot warehouse, starting
later this fall. The new building will allow for more products
and building materials on site.
“We are glad to welcome the whole team of the Centre du
Quincailler into our greater family and to make a promising
change for all those people residing in or in the vicinity of
Lacolle. We are very excited to see them experience all the
benefits of being part of the R fa ily entioned ascal
Houle, BMR Group’s CEO.
This hardware store will belong to the BMR Express
banner, a variation of the traditional BMR banner designed
for smaller hardware stores that offer customers more
common products and enhanced customer-oriented
services.
About BMR Group
rou is an affi iate of a oo f d r e that regrou s
ho e reno ation centers and hardware stores in u bec
Ontario and the Maritimes. Annual retail sales for BMR Group
members are estimated at $1.2 billion and some 8,000
employees work in bannered stores. Named Company of
the Year during the 2017 Les Mercuriades business contest,
rou is the argest u bec owned ayer in the ho e
renovation industry and operates under the BMR, Unimat,
Potvin & Bouchard and Agrizone banners. www.bmr.co

baseline adds additional security
for your pos terminal

Over the next little while, Baseline Processing will be
getting in touch to add an additional security measure
to your POS terminal(s). The Pre-Authorization feature

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