Here’s a recent update on a critical issue for all computer users. This information comes courtesy of Malwarebytes, a security software firm. A new strain of ransomware, a Petya-esque variant being called Petya/NotPetya, is swiftly spreading across the globe today, impacting tens of thousands of computers as of 2:00 p.m., PST. More powerful, professional, and dangerous…
Last month, hundreds of florists, growers, wholesalers and other volunteers spent Memorial Day honoring fallen service members by placing flowers on their graves.
Millennials, the current cohort of 18-year-olds to 30-somethings, value experiences over physical things. This generation focuses its spending on travel, concerts, social events, and cultural programs. Millennials’ estimated income is more than $230 billion, representing 21% of all money earned in Canada alone. In 15 years, they’ll represent 75% of the labour force. It’s time to listen to their wants!
Last month, Poppy Parsons, AIFD, CAFA, got a phone call from Jennifer Harvey, CFD, CAFA, a bubbly Ontario designer she met at Canadian Florist’s Inspired Design contest in 2014, announcing that she’d be in her province in late June. “I was so excited,” said Parsons, owner of Smart Flowers in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. “We’ve been trying to get together…
If you want to have a more profitable shop, prepare to get a little introspective. “You have to chart your course,” said Derrick Myers, CPA, CFP, PFCI, during the annual Canadian Florist Business Forum Monday, May 29. “What do you want to be and how are you going to achieve it?”
The week before Mother’s Day, a handful of growers representing four flower farms on the West Coast, traveled to the other side of the globe to explore whether there’s a place in the Chinese floral industry for American-grown flowers.
Floral Strategies celebrates its 20th anniversary next month. After 5,000 shop visits over three continents, dozens of webinars and magazine articles, and too many presentations to count, founder Tim Huckabee, AIFSE, looks back on where the journey began—and his vision for the future.
Last week, consumers got two new options to dress up their mail: one sporting a corsage, the other, a boutonniere. Not surprisingly, a professional florist had a (major) hand creating these attractive designs. Florist 2.0 caught up with Virginia freelance designer and educator Carol Caggiano, AIFD, PFCI, on her most unexpected job yet.
A leader in the floral industry was recently appointed to the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Florist 2.0 caught up with Dr. Marvin N. Miller, AAF, hortistician at Ball Horticultural in West Chicago, Illinois to learn a little about his new post, his career highlights, his reflections on how floriculture has changed over the years, and…
Got plans for the 4th of July? Why not take an extended holiday break in Seattle with some of the most talented and creative designers in the world?
Got broken stems? Don’t cry! You have the building blocks for a hot new trend: floral flat lays.
Unless you gave up all media for Lent, you’ve no doubt heard about the United Airlines fiasco in which a paid passenger was dragged off a plane to be replaced by a United employee who needed a seat. The incident — caught on camera, of course — prompted millions of angry comments, a presumptive mass…
