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Question of the Month
What are the most prominent trends or changes in the sympathy business you’re seeing in your area? How have these trends/changes affected or changed sales of flowers?
Building Corporate Business One Amazing Structure At A Time
This new monthly column and corresponding video on floristsreview.com.com explores how talented owners of brick-and-mortar flower shops have become fi nancially and creatively successful. Each edition will feature a business owner/designer talking about how he or she is making his/her flower store deliver for customers, as he/she expands his/her floral art and provides financially.
Question Of The Month
We offer a monthly subscription service, and one client sends her subscription arrangement to someone in the community anonymously each month. Every month a shocked recipient asks who sent them flowers
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Erika Stephens lives off the grid with her family on the remote Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. The internet there is spotty at best, and Erika has long been hesitant about using social media.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2021 Picture Perfect Wedding Contest
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The Business of Sympathy: How has it changed in the age of COVID-19?
Florists' across the country are reporting a very quickly changing landscape when it comes to sympathy work. Some are reporting a surge in business, others a decline. What have you discovered in your own business? How has sympathy work changed in terms of business and...
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Tropical Flower Arrangement
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Embracing the Evolving Trends in Sympathy Flowers
By Nita Robertson, AIFD Presented by Smither-Oasis Sympathy flowers have long been a heartfelt way to express sorrow, love and support to grieving families. But as funeral traditions change and consumer preferences shift, florists are being called upon to adapt,...
Rosaprima Bloom & Blossom Launch Event
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