Through his customer training company, FloralStrategies, Tim Huckabee has performed thousands of test calls and heard way too many sales people answer the phone with bland, impersonal phrases (“Hello”). Or worse: they bark out the name of the flower shop. “I...
October ushers breast cancer into public consciousness. Soon, you can expect to see pink plastered everywhere from yogurt containers to cosmetic counters to professional football players’ uniforms, as a sign of companies’ and organizations’ support for fighting the...
In-store events played a role in creating more community awareness and sales for Floral Management’s 2015 Marketer of the Year, Butera the Florist in York, Pennsylvania. Read about it in the October issue of Floral Management. Planning to host an open house, holiday...
Every day, you do the impossible: you take flowers — nature’s most beautiful creations — and make them even prettier with your creative designs. But, be honest: does your artistry end on the design bench? Or are you going one step further and capturing quality...
For its 2016 Design Stars competition, Mayesh Wholesale added an unexpected twist: two winners. That decision was made in advance, said Yvonne Ashton, director of marketing, explaining that the role of the competition winner — to create inspirational design videos...
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