This week, members of the Society of American Florists’ North Carolina delegation at Congressional Action Days are celebrating a major victory: Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.) has agreed to co-sponsor the STARS Act (H.R. 863), a bill that clarifies the definition of...
To present a truly fresh face to customers as the weather warms up, you’ll need to do more than sweep your store and update your online graphics, according to Colleen Francis, of the Eye On Sales blog. In a recent post, Francis argued that many business owners...
The Society of American Florists is using a new public relations program and a major rite of passage to connect teens and flowers. Prom season is the ideal time to help “teens feel a greater connection to flowers, and to spark their interest in purchasing flowers and...
Can Women’s Day — already an established holiday in many other countries — become a big deal in the U.S.? That’s a question many Society of American Florists members are still pondering, several weeks after the March 8 observance. This year, 48 percent of respondents...
“Turn on post notifications.” If you spend much time on Instagram, you’ve probably seen these four words — or the cheekier variation, “Turn me on,” and the more lyrical, “Let’s stay together” — on the social media platform. The flurry of pleas resulted from an...
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