News from WSAW: This year, Mother’s Day gift sales are expected to increase 14 percent from last year. According to the National Retail Federation, consumers will spend a whopping $ 18.6 billion. For flower shops and garden nurseries, that equals big sales. Floral arrangements are the number one purchase this weekend; more than $ 2 [...]
News from Salt Lake Tribune: (Kim Raff | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kassie Washington organizes flowers for delivery for Mother’s Day at the Salt Lake Florist Delivery Pool in Salt Lake City on May 11, 2012. This is the 25th anniversary of David Marti’s flower delivery pool service. Saturday is sure to fly by in [...]
News from Hometownlife.com: Canton florists, restaurants, salons and spas rank the quickly approaching Mother’s Day as among their busiest days of the year as customers open their wallets and their hearts to pamper that special woman. “Mother’s Day is actually the largest floral holiday of the year. You can forget your girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, [...]
News from Coshocton Tribune: NEWARK — For almost two years, Coshocton resident Linnet Lowe and her daughter, Heath resident Amanda Stickdorn, considered opening a flower shop in downtown Newark. Lowe has more than 30 years of floral experience and has been in business in Coshocton for 16 years. When the retail space next to the [...]
News from Paragould Daily Press: While changes in fashion trends are obvious to most people, few might be aware the flower industry has trends, as well. Ballard’s Flowers manager Greg Marlar said although his shop offered a variety of gift items other than flowers, flower arrangements remained the primary focus of the business. He said [...]
News from WDBJ7: ROANOKE, Va— The floral industry isn’t exactly blooming these days. According to the Society of American Florists, there were 25,617 floral shops in America in 1998. By 2009, that number dropped to 17,493, a difference of 8,493. Sign up for breaking news alerts from News 7 here >>> It is estimated another [...]
News from Patch.com: With an assortment of both flowers and chocolates, Art Flower and Gift Shoppe on North Village Avenue is the perfect place to shop for Valentine’s Day. In business since the mid 1930s, the store is a licensed Godiva Chocolatier and offers a variety of floral arrangements and gift baskets. Owner Keith Linsalata [...]
News from Patch.com: Not everyone can say they have a destiny in life—that they were meant to do something. For Joy Thorpe, it appears as if she was meant to own and run Bowie Florist, through the good times and the difficult ones. Bowie Florist was established in 1966. In the mid-1970s, Thorpe, now 55, began [...]
News from Leadership Newspapers: The less esteemed jobs in Nigeria are the life-line for the survival and up keep for those who are humble and patient, helping them to become self-reliant. Tanko Yunana is one of such people who have achieved a measure of success as a horticulturist. GABRIEL EWEPU speaks with him. It is [...]
News from Carlisle Sentinel: In days gone by, men had family jewelers from whom they bought baubles for their wives and family florists from whom they ordered arrangements of fresh flowers for special occasions. In Carlisle, anyone searching for a small, local florist to provide exquisite, eye-catching arrangements for any occasion – solemn or special [...]
