Trying to reach customers online can feel like you’re screaming into the void. There could be dozens, hundreds, or thousands of potential customers who hear you, pop into your online shop, and silently depart. You’ll never even know they were there unless you’re...
It’s not easy to tear yourself away from the shop for education — but meeting fellow industry professionals who “love flowers as much as we do” was exactly why Amber Micciche valued attending SAF’s 1-Day Profit Blast. Micciche, who owns Mainstreet Flower Market in...
It’s one of the most wonderful (read: profitable) times of the year to be a florist. As consumers deck the halls, florists are expecting strong sales in December. They won’t be jolly, however, if the extra profits only stuff the stockings of employees via overtime...
When Patrick Hall purchased Élan Flowers in 2015, he just wanted to make beautiful flower arrangements. Instead, he spent a significant amount of time fighting with the business’s website. It didn’t work the way Hall or the customers wanted it to, leaving him fielding...
No retail florist wants to hear that consumers are spending less leading into the holidays, but a consumer confidence poll arrived in September like a stocking full of coal. According to IPSOS, 84 percent of Americans think the U.S. will enter a recession by year’s...
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