Even the most resourceful and bottom-line oriented retailers likely have a goldmine of unrealized profit — buried in their costs, said retail floral financial analyst Derrick Myers, CPA, CFP, PFCI. The president of Crockett, Myers & Associates, Inc., will present...
Last month, Amazon acquired Whole Foods for $13.7 billion, signaling the company’s intention to dominate yet another segment of the retail industry. Though few people could have predicted Amazon’s meteoric rise from discount bookseller to e-commerce goliath, experts...
Members of the Society of American Florists will vote for three new members for its Board of Directors during SAF Palm Beach 2017, SAF’s 133rd Annual Convention, Sept. 6-9 at The Breakers in Florida. “The future of SAF and the quality of SAF programming is...
Members of the Society of American Florists should keep an eye on their email inboxes on Friday, July 7 for an election ballot to vote for the next growers, retailers and wholesalers who will serve on SAF’s Councils. SAF members can vote electronically through a...
Call it the do-gooder or feel-good effect: According to a Unilever study, a third of consumers choose to buy from companies that promote environmental or social messages, and, according to Cone Communications, 74 percent of employees say it’s fulfilling when they get...
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