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Quikstone Capital Solutions would like to congratulate Minnie LeForce of Ambassador Antiques & Fine Linens. She is the winner of our Holiday Season Apple iPad Giveaway.

Ambassador Antiques & Fine Linens of Lebanon, Ohio has been in business for 18 years. The large 6,000 square foot showroom presents a collection of period furniture, clocks, paintings, porcelain, glass and art pieces. They specialize in fine antiques from France, England, and Belgium along with obtaining pieces from many private sellers in the US. The most historic piece sold was a 1690 Long Case Clock that was still running and keeping excellent time.

The Quikstone Capital Solutions Underwriting Team

from left to right Bob Wolfman, Bill Krautler, Flora Galvez and Chris Panariello.

As of October 1, 2015, merchants that are not using terminals that process EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa) chip card transactions may become liable for chargebacks associated with payments made with counterfeit cards or cards lost or stolen from their rightful owners.

Launching a major holiday promotion can really catapult your sales over the holidays. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, more people shop in stores and online than any other time of the year, so it only makes sense to give your best effort to capture your share of those customers.

Many retailers readily admit that holiday sales are what make them profitable. Allowing this busy time to pass without doing a special sale or promotion just doesn't make a whole lot of sense if you want to maximize your profit for the year and finish strong. Successful holiday promotions can take several forms:

When your business is going well and making lots of money, it's natural to think of expanding to a second location. After carefully considering how a second location would affect the overall business, researching the market for the best location and analyzing your competition it's time to move forward with this exciting new expansion.