by Mary Westbrook | Mar 7, 2018 | Floral Company News
Dick’s Sporting Goods expected some backlash when it said it would stop selling assault-style rifles. Instead, it got flowers. “We have been humbled by the calls, emails, tweets and posts of support that so many of you have sent following our announcement...
by Mary Westbrook | Mar 7, 2018 | Floral Industry News
Just in time for Women’s Day tomorrow, a wholesaler in Plymouth, Minnesota, received some high profile, positive news coverage for its holiday efforts. “Mothers have Mother’s Day. Lovers have Valentine’s Day,” wrote Kristin Miller in a March 5 story for the Sun...
by Mary Westbrook | Mar 7, 2018 | Floral Industry News
All around Union Square in downtown San Francisco last Saturday there were smiles, tears — even a marriage proposal — and there were thousands and thousands of bright, beautiful tulips, free for the taking. In honor of “American Tulip Day,” the Sun Valley Group in...
by Mary Westbrook | Feb 28, 2018 | Floral Industry News
Dreaming of attending SAF Palm Springs 2018 but don’t quite have the resources to get to the education-packed event? FTD is awarding $20,000 in scholarships this year to FTD florist owners and/or their employees to industry-leading events, including SAF’s 134th annual...
by Mary Westbrook | Feb 28, 2018 | Floral Industry News
Asocolflores, the Association of Colombian Flower Exporters, contacted The Washington Post this week to refute claims made by a representative of a nonprofit organization that Asocolflores argued “showed little knowledge about the cut flower industry in Colombia.”...