Last month, we reported on the New York Yankees’ long-running program of sending flowers to funerals around the country for officers killed in the line of duty. A few days ago, SAF member Kaitlin Radebaugh, AAF, shared her experience of working with the Yankees. “We...
Anyone who’s ever engaged in a heated argument knows the satisfaction of getting in a good last word. The same philosophy should apply to your email signature. No longer just an afterthought, these brief messages present a valuable marketing opportunity, said Blaire...
Dealing with angry, disappointed customers is an unfortunate reality of retail — especially in the aftermath of a busy holiday. But it doesn’t have to be your undoing. In the April/May cover story of Floral Management, successful retailers share their complaint...
In an effort to get visitors to spend more time browsing (a precursor to making an impulse purchase), Regina Cannon Treml merchandized her shop with themed vignettes. The owner of BellaDonna Florist in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, sets up display tables that group related...
When Alexa Maniaci started running Anna Rose Floral & Event Design in North Haledon, New Jersey, seven years ago, she thought the logistics of wedding work seemed unnecessarily cumbersome. When her number of booked weddings climbed from 40 or 50 a year to more...
The Society of American Florists is the association that connects and cultivates a thriving floral community for: all participants of the U.S. floral industry and offers exciting benefits for the following types of businesses:
Each month, SAF member business and their teams enjoy the floral industry’s leading source for progressive business trends, shop management tactics, online marketing strategies, product quality and design trends and more.
The Sustainability Spotlight is a special edition of Floral Management showcasing the work of floral industry companies that have committed to environmental, social, and economic sustainability.
We believe it is important for you to know how we use cookies and personal information you may disclose to us. Please carefully review SAF's Opt-out preferences and Privacy Statement for more information on our use of cookies and personal data. If you continue to use the site, we'll assume you're OK with our practices.
Functional
Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Stay in the know! Sign up to receive text messages from SAF and we’ll deliver important news, announcements, special offers, and reminders straight to your phone. Opt out at any time!