Members of the Society of American Florists will vote for three new members for its Board of Directors during SAF Palm Beach 2017, SAF's 133rd...
Watch Your Inbox: E-Ballot to Elect SAF Council Representatives
Members of the Society of American Florists should keep an eye on their email inboxes on Friday, July 7 for an election ballot to vote for the next...
Petal It Forward 2017 Creates ROI on ‘Feel Good’ Effect
Call it the do-gooder or feel-good effect: According to a Unilever study, a third of consumers choose to buy from companies that promote...
Protect Your Business from New Round of Hackers
A new wave of ransomware attacks this week has targeted businesses around the world, including Merck, the U.S.-based pharmaceutical company;...
Learn How to Channel Elon Musk at SAF Palm Beach 2017
OneIn recent years, Tesla, the Fremont, California-based manufacturer of electric car, has struggled mightily with safety. In late May, news...
Get in the Mindset for Successful Social Selling in St. Louis
How did a retailer experience an increase in sales of more than 30 percent year over year? How did another retailer see the highest sales day in a...
Forty Years Nets 40 Acts of Kindness for Industry, Community
One of the world’s leading companies in breeding and producing vegetable and ornamental seed and vegetative cuttings is marking a landmark...
Popular Financial Guru to Followers: Buy More Flowers
A personal finance advisor and bestselling author with an extensive social media following had some advice for his fan this week: Buy cut flowers —...
In Amazon, Whole Foods News, Florists See Challenges, Opportunities — and Calls to Action
Amazon’s decision to purchase Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion has the potential to “create a new ecosystem” of shopping, according to...
How to Protect Your Business from Ransomware
According to a new report from the CyberEdge Group, 61 percent of businesses surveyed last year said they had been hit by ransomware. Florists who...
‘Hungry to Learn’ Entrepreneurs Set Their Sights on Palm Beach
The countdown is on for the Society of American Florists’ 133rd annual convention, Sept. 6-9, at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida — four days...
Go Speechless in Seattle at AIFD Symposium
Do you love talking about flowers and floral design? Do you present programs to garden clubs or other professionals? Interested in accreditation...
Do You Deliver ‘Wow’? Find Out How, in St. Louis
When Ford set out to survey the retail landscape at the start of 2017, it found something notable: 48 percent of Americans say they’ll buy more from...
How a Houseplant Helped a ‘Depressed Spinster’ Find Joy
How can you mend a broken heart? For one New York Times associate editor, the path to healing started with houseplants, specifically pothos. In the...
3 Management Lessons to Draw from Uber’s Implosion
News today that the co-founder of one of the hottest start-ups in the last decade has been forced out of his company has many experts expressing a...