As vaccine availability and the lifting of restrictions enables a return to more normalcy in the workplace, small business owners have a new set of decisions to make. Should I, or can I, req... Read more
Editor’s Note: This is part of an ongoing series highlighting floral industry stories of change, grit and perseverance — and biggest lessons learned — during the pandemic. In the spring of 2... Read more
2020 was a year full of contradictions: COVID-19 hit and prompted many businesses to shut down or at least close for part of the year, people experienced unprecedented stress and feelings of... Read more
With virus cases up, you need to make sure you’re doing your part to combat the spread. In the latest issue of Floral Management, Terril Nell, Ph.D., AAF, research director for the American... Read more
Between a global pandemic, nationwide protests for racial justice and an upcoming election, tension is high in America today. According to a new study from researchers at San Diego State Uni... Read more
Floral industry members around the country — and across segments — are gearing up for a fall season that feels different and more challenging than any back-to-school season in memory, with w... Read more
Before face masks became a prominent part of the pandemic prevention health policy, one of the floral industry’s hard goods and decor suppliers was partnering with their vendors in China to... Read more
How will consumer behavior evolve in the near- and long-term as Americans wrestle with what it looks like to shop, socialize, congregate, work, play — and, well, live — in the age of an ongo... Read more
You already have a well-established routine for disinfecting buckets, tools and work surfaces, right? All for the sake of reducing shrink and providing customers with the best-looking, longe... Read more
From the first days of the pandemic, Tim Farrell, AIFD, AAF, PFCI, of Farrell’s Florist in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, has been making vases of surplus flowers to give to essential workers, s... Read more
