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Actions Taken To Expand Healthcare Savings Accounts
The House Ways and Means Committee approved several bills this week that would increase the allowable uses of health savings accounts (HSAs) and...
Listen in on Secret Shopper Calls to Florists in Green Bay
Tim Huckabee loves to illuminate what's going right — and wrong — at retail flower shops. During his presentation "Smart Selling," on Sunday, July...
How to Really Leverage Research on Floral Consumers for Your Business
Don't you wish you could see the future of your business? Don’t you wish you could look into a crystal ball to know why shoppers abandon their...
Generate Everyday Sales with ‘Flower Power’
The Society of American Florists’ marketing tools make it easy to keep your shop in front of customers — and position florists as...
Ohio Nursery Subject of ICE Raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 100 employees at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company on Tuesday. The...
USDA Calls on Growers to Respond to Census of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is calling on flower growers to respond soon to the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The deadline to respond...
Illinois Florist Hosts Royal Wedding Watch Party
On May 19th, all eyes will be on Windsor Castle for Prince Harry’s royal wedding to Meghan Markle, and one floral design studio is capitalizing on...
Administration Rescission Package Hits Roadblocks
A White House effort to cut previously enacted spending, including that from the Omnibus spending bill signed by President Trump on March 23, has...
Next Stop for Profit Blast: Motor City
So get ready here (we) come. The Society of American Florists’ 1-Day Profit Blast heads to Detroit, the historic heart of America’s automotive...
To Generate APW Sales, Connecticut Florist Starts Early
Kevin Keser has a message for florists who write off Administrative Professionals Week (APW) as a non-event: Don’t give up — there are plenty of...
Remember to Complete Your CAD Surveys
Thanks to all SAF members who took time from their schedules to attend SAF’s Congressional Action Days this week. As Kate Penn noted yesterday in an...
Companies Cut NRA Ties After School Shooting
Major companies, including Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, have cut ties with the National Rifle Association amid intense scrutiny over the...
NAFTA Negotiations Continue
The seventh round of the NAFTA negotiations are taking place this week in Mexico City. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, House Ways and...
Immigration Dominates Washington
When President Trump announced in September of last year that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in March of 2018, he...