If you’ve succeeded in securing a Payment Protection Program loan, maybe you’ve heard that the rules for getting that loan forgiven, so you do not...
Industry Financial Pro: PPP Changes Add ‘Flexibility’
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Pa. Florist Rallies Community to Honor Essential Workers
From the first days of the pandemic, Tim Farrell, AIFD, AAF, PFCI, of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, has been making vases of...
Changes to PPP Act Extend Staffing and Forgiveness Timelines
Late last week, the president signed into law the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which relaxes some of the original PPP rules for loan...
3 Tactics for Better Emails During the Pandemic
“Hope you are well!” “Hang in there.” “May the force be with you.” If you’re struggling with how to begin and end emails lately, you aren’t alone....
Safety Tips for Your Staff and Customers
During the pandemic, your employees’ and customers’ health has become your top priority. During a recent Society of American Florists webinar,...
Arkansas Florist to Talk Staff, Customer Safety
Should you be taking your staff’s temperature daily? What does a socially distant design room look like? How do florists — trained to be welcoming...
Florists Rethink Physical Spaces
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...
‘Leadership Exchange’ Explores ‘What’s Next?’
What do Mother’s Day results tell us about the floral industry’s “new normal”? How will our operations change? And, what will be the impact of...
Florists Share Tips on Reopening Safely and Strategically
Retail florists are learning a new choreography of retail — getting up to speed as restrictions lift and supply chains shift. SAF Now editors and...
How to Streamline Delivery and Pick-Up
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...
5 Tips on Ramping Up Cleaning
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...
Financial Pro: Focus on Cash Flow, Labor
As the owner of a floral business, what can you do, not just to survive the COVID-19 pandemic but to come out on the other side, ready to make a...
Florists Turn Attention to Grads
Now that Mother’s Day is over, floral industry members are turning their attention to traditional spring/summer milestones that could be...
Flowers Receive Prominent Coverage for Mother’s Day
Days after leading a Society of American Florists webinar on generating media buzz, Jackie Levine found herself giving interview after interview...
5 Early Takeaways from Mother’s Day 2020
The run-up to one of the floral industry’s biggest holidays was chaotic and filled with uncertainty —especially for florists in states with strict...