- May 13
- 3 min
Know your competitors
Knowing your competitors and how they operate is a vital part of running your own floristry business. Karen Barnes explains why.
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Is the Covid effect over?
Whilst research shows flowers and plants remain important there are some trends to watch out for as sales begin to drop in some areas and...
- Feb 25
- 3 min
Online Payments - urgent attention needed NOW!
Have you seen an increase in declined online transactions? If yes, then chances are you’ve already been caught in the whole 3D secure...
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Thinking outside the (subscription) box
From beauty to beer, flowers to fashion, grooming to geekery, pets to produce – there’s seemingly a subscription box catering to every...
- Jan 17
- 10 min
14 red hot tips for Valentine’s
Whilst Monday may not be traditionally the best Valentine’s Day, there is still everything to go for!
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Know your figures
Never mind the flowers … what about the profit?
Being a survivor of the whole CV19 nightmare will be as much about your ..
- Jan 16
- 5 min
Managing the Margin ... and other important pricing things!
And other important pricing things!
Your GROSS PROFIT MARGIN (GP/GM) is probably one of the most important things to think .....
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Pay it forward with excess – earn kudos if not cash
22.12.21: Christmas 2021 has been a nightmare. In some ways worse than 2020 as at least we knew then what we were dealing with rather...
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Social media shareables out now!
As we enter the final furlong of the Christmas Countdown we've put together a few extra social media posterettes for you to use across...
- Nov 19, 2021
- 19 min
Christmas Countdown 2021
Five weeks to Christmas! Yikes … doesn’t sound long but it’s still plenty of time to make sure you capture every sale possible and, most...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Christmas not happening .... YET!
Looks like Santa can continue to lie in as the expected early festive sales have failed to materialise and the florist sector is facing...
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
10 TOP TIPS TO SEAMLESS EVENT FLORISTRY
They are acknowledged as one of the leading training providers in the UK ....
- Sep 28, 2021
- 7 min
WHAT PRICE FLOWERS!!!! WHY SO EXPENSIVE? WHAT CAN YOU DO?
We first published our What Price Flowers feature back in March ’21. Since then, things haven’t got better .....
- Sep 27, 2021
- 5 min
Why florists need to look in the mirror and face the truth
Why florists need to look in the mirror and face the truth....
- Aug 1, 2021
- 1 min
VIDEO REPORT IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES: IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT AIR MILES
Senior Financial Times trade writer Alan Beattie published this video report on the environmental cost of trading flowers globally