Mother’s Day 2019 has the potential to be a major retail event, according to predictions from national companies in the floral...
National Companies, Retail Federation Expect Strong Mother’s Day
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Floral Industry News
Founding Voice of ‘Modern WF&FSA’ Passes Away
A woman credited with helping to lay the foundation for an independent Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association died last month after a...
Millennial Florist Shares Instagram Tips for Mother’s Day
With more than one billion users — many of them in the 18- to 34-year-old demographic — Instagram is a primo place to promote Mother’s Day if you...
SAF’s #StressLess Tour Fuels Social Media Engagement
Three weeks after teams of ambassadors representing the Society of American Florists stormed the west coast in a vintage VW Bus (“The Flower Power...
‘Sock-cess!’: Bombas Apologizes for Negative Email
A popular sock company that disparaged the gift of flowers in a Valentine’s Day email has a message for the floral industry: “We hope you can...
SAF Asks Companies, Publications to Reconsider Negative V-Day Ads
The world's largest software maker and magazine and news editors promoting food gifts are among the companies making disparaging remarks about...
Florists Convince Companies to Rethink Negative Flower Ads
When Robert Bryant, AAF, AIFD, of Flowers By Robert Taylor West Covina, California saw a Facebook post that read, “Get Tickets instead of Last...
Negative Publicity Watch: SAF Gets Responses from Hotel, Frame Company
The world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands and a startup company in the custom framing industry apologized to the floral industry...
New Hortica Head Talks Challenges, Opportunities
When Tim Noble took over as president of Hortica at the beginning of the year, it marked a significant change in company leadership. He succeeded...
Kansas Florist Partners with Local Artists to Drive Up Foot Traffic
Five years ago, Peggy and Wayne DeBey, AIFD, were facing the kinds of problems familiar to many small retail flower shops: Fewer people were coming...
National Group Predicts Uptick in Easter Spending
When Americans who observe Easter celebrate this weekend, one group is expected to be especially enthusiastic: Those under 35. That’s according to...
Major Media Coverage Touts Flowers’ Stress-Busting Powers
Earlier this month, a team of ambassadors representing the Society of American Florists trekked through the Pacific Northwest in a vintage-style van...
Texas Florist Partners with Restaurant Chain to Create ‘Croissant Corsage’
A Dallas flower shop has earned national attention for playing along in a silly and, well, rather buttery prom promotion. Cheddars Scratch Kitchen,...
SAF Coordinates with Lawmakers’ Offices on Research Funding, Statistics
Weeks after dozens of growers, wholesalers, suppliers and retailers traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Society of American Florists’...
Record Number of Industry Members Attend SAF’s 1-Day Profit Blast
Well, that was wicked fun. (Sorry. Can’t help ourselves!) On Sunday, 168 floral industry members from 20 states plus Washington, D.C., and Canada...