A major national newspaper recently highlighted the challenge of engaging younger professionals in horticulture fields — and the potential rewards of the myriad career paths within the floral industry. “As older plant growers, nursery managers and groundskeepers reach...
As heads of states — and heads of multinational companies — begin to respond to U.S.-imposed tariffs on products from China, the European Union and other countries, one economist with deep roots in the floral industry said the new duties likely will lead to higher...
How has business been for the first and second quarters of 2018? For the 208 industry members who weighed in on the Society of American Florists’ latest economic survey, the news is good, but the celebrations are tempered. Forty-eight percent of respondents to the SAF...
What’s new in the world of B2B? Clients are younger, corporate teams are smaller — and everyone wants a fast turnaround. That’s according to veteran florists with flourishing B2B businesses. This month in Floral Management, four shop owners weigh in on what’s new in...
A customer has found her way to your site, she’s ready to buy and then — poof! She disappears. What happened, and why didn’t you lock down that web sale? That’s one topic among many that Max Duchaine, digital strategy manager for the Society of American Florists, is...
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