Retail florists are learning a new choreography of retail — getting up to speed as restrictions lift and supply chains shift. SAF Now editors and writers tapped government resources and floral industry leaders to compile the most relevant advice to help floral...
Valerie Lee Ow looked around J. Miller’s Flowers and Gifts in December and saw so much to celebrate: loyal customers packed into the business, ready to kick off a yearlong salute to the shop’s 50 years in Oakland, California. She’d planned commemorative activities...
The role of Mr./Ms. Clean is now everyone’s job — and florists are finding new ways to share the load and promote all that they are doing, to instill confidence among staff and customers. Here are five ideas on how some retailers are approaching new cleaning...
Contact-free delivery has always been the domain of florists, the experts in “door dash” before it was an app. This pandemic provides an opportunity to both build on that experience and tweak it to accommodate the landscape of package-filled doorsteps. Here are some...
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