With inflation hitting record highs and flower sales slowing, it’s especially important for florists to be astute when it comes to sales forecasting, cost of goods, and wage control. Just ask Manny and Clara Gonzales, who, in the wake of the 2008 recession, made...
The Sylvia Cup Design Competition has long been recognized as the longest-running, live floral competition in the nation. It started in 1967 when the Society of American Florists instituted the Sylvia Award in memory of Sylvia MacGuffog Valencia, AAF, one of the...
In the wake of surging gas prices, inflation and slowing flower sales, retailers are reacting swiftly to protect their bottom line by spending less, seeking new sales outlets, letting open positions go unfilled, and more. About half of the florists, wholesalers and...
The pandemic and the resulting surge in flower sales brought into sharp focus for many floral businesses what was working, what was broken — and what needed to change. For Sun Valley Floral Farms in Arcata, California, it was the realization that they needed to focus...
Lani Callister, AAF, fresh flower manager at Ensign Wholesale Floral, was in constant contact with the Ecuadorian farms that the Salt Lake City, Utah wholesaler buys from during the country’s recent 18-day strike. She was rattled by their stories about the protesters,...
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