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Retailers post small sales gains in October

LANSING – Michigan retailers rang up slightly better sales in October, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index survey, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Governmental Affairs: November 13, 2015

Legislature takes Thanksgiving/hunting break

Legislators headed home this week for a two and a half week break for the Thanksgiving holiday. The break also falls during Michigan’s two-week regular firearm deer hunting season (November 15-30). 

Preventing credit card chargebacks

Failure to follow Visa and MasterCard regulations exactly can leave retailers out in the cold when a customer challenges a billing.

Several common errors could cause you to be held liable for a chargeback:

  • A single card transaction was processed more than once and the customer was double-billed.