Administrative Professionals Week kicks off next week. Has the gratitude-filled event fallen off your radar, or your customers’? If so, you have company. Last year, a post-holiday survey found that 39 percent of Society of American Florists retailer members saw a drop-off in APW sales; 31 percent said sales were flat. At the same time, 62 percent of respondents said they didn’t increase promotional efforts for the week — and 16 percent said they didn’t promote APW at all in 2018.
Want to make a bigger deal (and score bigger sales)? SAF has myriad resources, including content for your website, pre-written press releases and much more available for its members. Read more.
Mary Westbrook is the editor in chief of Floral Management magazine.
