You're days away from one of the biggest holidays of the year. Don’t panic. "Mother's Day can be a lot easier, profitable and stress-free if your...
Amazon, Avon Slight Mother’s Day Flowers
A tech giant, the fifth-largest beauty company in the world, and a pictorial publisher recently made disparaging remarks about flowers as Mother’s...
Teleflora’s Holiday Campaign Aims for Realistic Portrayal of Motherhood
Teleflora’s latest Mother’s Day campaign aims to show that while families come in all shapes and sizes, love is the universal thread of motherhood....
Lovingly Hosts Story Contest for Mother’s Day
To get consumers thinking about Mother’s Day and how flowers make the perfect gift, Lovingly, a website and POS provider for retail florists,...
Top Four Talking Points for Mother’s Day Interviews
As a shop owner, you are the spokesperson for your business and the flower expert for your community. If a reporter calls or emails asking about...
Benefits of Blogging Mother’s Day Specials
Consumers have myriad options for gifting Mom next month. To illustrate why flowers fit the bill splendidly, Breen’s Florist in Houston, Texas...
Mother’s Day Marketing Made Easy
According to the National Retail Federation, 69 percent of people plan to buy flowers for Mother’s Day 2018. Make sure your shop is top of mind...
Advanced Planning Key to Profitable Mother’s Day
According to Prince & Prince, an industry market research group, U.S. consumers could spend as much as $4.4 billion on flowers and plants for...
4 Pricing Strategies to Increase Mother’s Day Sales and Profits
Are you setting your Mother’s Day prices properly? Do you offer charm prices or rounded prices? Do you bundle delivery and services fees, or do you...
Researchers to Floral Industry: Market Mother’s Day to ‘Big Floral Spenders’
A floral industry market research group is predicting a strong Mother’s Day this year — and they’re warning against under-selling to a demographic...
Mother’s Day Debrief: To Be Open on the Holiday or Not?
Here’s a question most florists have wrestled with at some point: Is it worth it to be open on a Sunday for Mother’s Day? The Society of American...
60 Percent of Florists Report Improved Sales on Mother’s Day
Predictions of a robust Mother’s Day proved to be on target for many florists. According to a post-holiday survey conducted by the Society of...
Post-Mother’s Day To-Do List: Respond to Online Reviews
Before you write off Mother’s Day 2017 and turn your attention fully to summer weddings and fall/winter planning, make sure you’ve responded to any...
SAF Tackles 18 Cases of Harmful Mother’s Day Floral Publicity
This Mother’s Day season, the Society of American Florists responded to 18 instances of harmful floral publicity to date. Ancestry.com and Coach...
Teleflora’s ‘Just Like Her’ Ads Promote Mother’s Day Flowers through Storytelling
Teleflora’s new Mother’s Day video is playing up the strong bond that exists between adult children and their moms. “Just Like Her” begins with a...