Price Cost Management in Retail Pro

QST Change in Quebec

Click below to read our PDF's on how to make the changes in Retail Pro for the new tax rates in Quebec.

If you are running Retail Pro Version 8.x , you can get your instructions by clicking here.

If you are running Retail Pro Version 9.x you can get your instructions by clicking here.

Online Backup now available!

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Canadian Retail Solutions Inc. is excited to announce a new partnership with Tomahawk Backup. This new partnership will give you, our valued clients the option to have an automated, consolidated online backup solution to protect your data.

We see an alarming number of retailers stuck in devastating situations as a result of not having a backup of their data.  Unfortunately hardware failure, theft, virus corruption and the like happens, the best way to protect yourself is to have a backup, and even better, an offsite backup of your data.  The impact of data loss should not be taken lightly. To read more about the importance of backing up your data visit our blog!  

We are proud to announce a new partnership with an affordable, reliable and leading online backup service company, Tomahawk Backup.  This new partnership provides

you with the option to have an automated and consolidated backup solution for your software with one of the leading backup providers.  This is Tomahawk Backup’s sole business thus they have the support and service delivery that you deserve. They will even email you on any backup issue you may experience, so you can be aware of issues immediately.

If you are interested in the option of automated online data backup, you can start the process today by contacting CRS today or following the link and instructions outlined below!

Visit Tomahawk Backup’s website by clicking here.

Once you reach their homepage, you can follow the steps listed below:

1) Click on the TRY IT FREE button

2) Billing is done monthly by default. You can select Annual if you wish.

3) Choose your data storage options.

a. Determine Retail Pro Data store size(Right click on the main Retail Pro folder and view the size value.)

b. Determine other information that you may want to store and the amount of space that this will take.

4) If you have Version 9, you should choose the Oracle Server option and the 40 GB storage plan. We will have to connect to your system and make some changes to your database to allow backups.

5) Click the Add to Cart button

6) Proceed with the payment process.

7) Download the client software and configure the software for your installation.

Tomahawk offers excellent support, and even offers to install and configure the software for you for $19.99 / machine. This option comes highly recommend by our technical team as they know how busy you are

and this ensures that the software is setup correctly.

Live Support chat now available.

If you don't have a login for the members site , you can request a login by clicking the register link at the top of the page.

The video below will show you how the chat system works.

Canadian EFT Changes and how they affect you

We have been hard at work preparing this following video that will explain the current changes in the EFT (Credit Card) systems in Canada.

Please enjoy the video. A list of sources for the information is below the video.There is audio in the video , so you will need headphones or speakers.

 Links to Sources 

Retail Data Security Website

PCI Security Standards Council PA-DSS

PCI Security Standards Council PCI-DSS

PA-DSS Certification for Retail Pro 8.6

PABP Certification for Retail Pro 9.2

Visa Merchant Levels

MasterCard Merchant Levels

PCI 1.2 Prioritized Approach PDF

TeamViewer Client Download

Moneris PCI Security Page

ESET NOD32 Virus Scanner