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Floral Industry News
SAF Extends Access for Reinvention Summit
When SAF’s Reinvention Summit kicks off July 27, it will include more than 15 targeted sessions, including keynote addresses, panel debriefs,...
Indiana Florist Makes Headlines for ‘Dancing’ Partner
When a senior citizen started using the parking lot of Banner Flower House in Kokomo, Indiana, as an impromptu dance floor on his morning walks, the...
New Hampshire Florist Featured in Google Ad
Studley’s Flower Gardens, a longtime member of the Society of American Florists, currently appears on the Google Ads homepage, providing an...
2 Ways to Promote New Practices, Services
With COVID-19 cases on the rise in some areas of the country, already high anxiety levels are inching up even more. That means it’s a good time to...
Amid Crisis, D.C. Floral Family Says: ‘Our Business Still is Rooted in People’
Five months into the pandemic, business owners face new hurdles as the threat of the virus remains constant, and local, state and national leaders...
SAF Extends Deadline for Award Applications
The Society of American Florists is extending the deadline for coveted industry awards this year to Spring 2021, giving floral community members...
Head of H-E-B Floral Division to Share Team-Building Strategies
When a mistake happens at H-E-B’s BLOOMS Floral Shops, Joe Don Zetzsche trains his team to ask the person responsible an important question: Are you...
Industry Financial Pro: PPP Changes Add ‘Flexibility’
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...
What’s the Future of Consumer Behavior? A Retail Expert Shares Clues
How will consumer behavior evolve in the near- and long-term as Americans wrestle with what it looks like to shop, socialize, congregate, work, play...
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...
Marketing Messages That Sell
Fortune favors the proactive. “People won’t buy something if they don’t know it exists,” said Jennifer Barnard, the fourth-generation owner of...
Montana Florist Shows ‘True Colors’
In late April, weeks into quarantine, when the world at large wrestled with feelings of angst and fatigue, Cara Lard had an idea to bring some...
SAF Leaders Offer Preview of Reinvention Summit
How will consumer behavior change because of the pandemic — and what can floral industry members do now to adapt? What does new data from spring...
Musicians Fill Storied Spanish Theater with Plants
Looking for some lighthearted, flower-friendly news to share on your social platforms this week? How about a story about a venerable Spanish arts...