Fast action by a florist got a major mobile communications brand to change its Valentine’s Day promotion. Nic Faitos, senior partner at Starbright Floral Design, did not like what he saw on www.t-mobile.com: “Flowers die.” The florist in New York City contacted his...
President Barack Obama’s official presidential likeness has a decidedly flower-friendly look. The portrait, painted by Kehinde Wiley and unveiled this week at the National Portrait Gallery, features a seated Obama against the backdrop of flowers with personal meaning...
On Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the most sweeping tax bill since 1986. The 500-plus page bill was mostly forward-looking, with only a few items changing retroactively. In the February issue of Floral Management, Derrick Myers, CPA, CFP, walks...
Fifty-six percent of respondents to a recent Society of American Florists’ survey plan to spend more on labor this year, an expectation that puts them in line with national trends in a highly competitive labor market. That increased spending isn’t necessarily going to...
Ask many small-business owners how they survived the recession, and you’ll likely hear a few appreciative “thank-you’s” to a nice, tall cold one after work. Ask the folks at Michler’s Florist, Greenhouses & Garden Design about the restorative powers of beer, and...
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