Set your DVR — “J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom” returns to American Public Television stations beginning April 14. The show debuted in April 2019 on 120 channels in 63 markets and earned J Schwanke, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, the coveted title of Floral Management’s 2019 Marketer...
On Valentine’s Eve, the staff at Tiger Lily Florist in Charleston, South Carolina, got a whopper of a surprise when a very high-profile customer walked in the door: Vice President Mike Pence. The shop got about a 15-minute heads up, thanks to a neighboring business...
International Women’s Day is March 8, and this year’s holiday could feel especially appropriate to customers active or inspired by the #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns. Spread the word that your shop honors the day and can help honor important women in your customers’...
When the Palliser brothers came together in 2015 to help find a new groove for their family’s longtime New York business, they faced increased competition, high customer expectations and a changing retail landscape. This month in Floral Management, we chart how...
The National Inventors Hall of Fame’s 2020 class includes a plant physiologist known for pioneering research that transformed the floral supply chain. Ed Sisler, Ph.D., who passed away in 2016, was awarded the Society of American Florists’ Alex Laurie Award in 2012....
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