October ushers breast cancer into public consciousness. Soon, you can expect to see pink plastered everywhere from yogurt containers to cosmetic...
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...
Social media is an enticing tool to court brides-to-be. (After all, it's free!) But with 1.5 billion Facebook users, 316 million Twitter users, 300...
Leaders of CalFlowers (the California Association of Flower Growers and Shippers) are thanking an improved economy and a growing appreciation for...
It's a scenario straight out of florists' nightmares: You spend hours and hundreds of dollars designing a client's wedding. And then she stiffs...
The AmericanHort Board of Directors today announced that Michael V. Geary, CAE tendered his resignation as President & CEO. Geary is leaving to...
A volcano, which last erupted in 1877, has the attention of Ecuadorean flower growers. Employees of farms located southwest of Cotopaxi volcano were...
In honor of Tom Butler’s dedication and passion to the floral industry, Teleflora has established the “Tom Butler Floral Retailer of the Year”...
We've all been there. A customer calls requesting an arrangement she saw online, but you don't have the exact flowers or containers pictured in your...
What exactly is an independent contractor? The government's new interpretation has several ramifications for floral business owners. The U.S....
In the duration of a phone call, there's ample room for error, such as starting the conversation with price instead of the card message or placing a...
If you want to take your arrangements to the next level (read: a higher price point), the same old containers and accessories simply won't cut it....
Reduced gas prices aren't the only things making SAF members smile this summer. Between the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram lineup and the FIAT 500L,...
For growers entering SAF's 2015 Outstanding Varieties Competition, Sept. 9, the next few days will entail a whole lot of packing, prepping and...
The Society of American Florists is tackling one of the potentially most lucrative — or disastrous — aspects of running a flower business, with...