Stop searching the web looking for information on who buys more flowers and what colors are more popular. This data and more can be found in the newly released Floral Purchase Tracking Study. Formerly called the Consumer Tracking Study and last conducted in 2005, the...
The Society of American Florists’ Floral Management magazine has a new top editor — someone who is very familiar to longtime readers. Mary Westbrook was named the magazine’s editor in chief earlier this fall. Westbrook takes over from Kate Penn, SAF’s new CEO as of...
Manuel Sotelo joined Dramm & Echter in Encinitas, California, almost 30 years ago. He started out processing orders and cutting lilies and gerberas before working his way up, first to field supervisor and then to production supervisor, his role today. His career...
From racks and racks of glam clothes, make-up and shoes to — rows and rows of laptops? Lord & Taylor has announced it will rent out about a quarter of its building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The company said it will operate “a pared-down department store” in...
Nicole and Sue Palazzo had already landed in South Florida on Tuesday, September 5, when they got the bad news: due to the threat of Hurricane Irma, SAF Palm Beach 2017 was cancelled. “We were totally heartbroken, as we’d been looking forward to the convention since...
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