Finding and keeping employees has never been easy — and the pandemic has only heightened the challenge for floral business owners. In the Mar/April issue of Floral Management, owners shared their unique strategies to build a more reliable workforce as well as ideas on...
E-commerce, which has been trending upward for well over a decade, positively exploded in 2020 — growing from a $393 billion to $598 billion industry (a 40.3 percent leap) within a year. Consumers clearly feel comfortable shopping online, but with so many retailers...
In a bid to get more customers in her shop and her name in front of more consumers, Heather Waits, AAF, set out a bucket of plastic Easter eggs holding a variety of prizes, ranging from a free cookie or rose to a free bouquet a month for half a year. Waits, the owner...
Easter is right around the corner but there is still time to encourage your customers to hop on over to your shop and pick up flowers! The Society of American Florists has resources to help remind your customers to connect with flowers this Easter. SAF has content for...
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a recent Society of American Florists economic survey classified business as either “good” or “excellent,” with 68 percent expressing optimism for 2021 sales. At the same time, many (28 percent) feel unsure about the future,...
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