Holiday meal shoppers already walk past the floral department. Category managers who plan centerpieces as a program — with tiered pricing, smart placement and a sell-through plan — can capture the table.
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Supermarket Floral Benchmarks Show 48% Margin, 9% Shrink and Uneven Regional Growth
Supermarket floral benchmarks from IFPA put average sales at $98,892 per store, with a 48% gross margin and 9% shrink.
Danziger’s Amor Fancy Chrysanthemum Moves Into Commercial Production
Danziger says its deep-purple Amor Fancy chrysanthemum is moving into commercial production in Colombia, with multi-flowered stems and strong postharvest potential.
Opti-flor Automates Orchid Flow From Staking to Packing
Opti-flor has connected machine vision, RFID tracking, buffering and order fulfillment in a greenhouse automation system with capacity for 30,000 orchids.
Indonesia Floriculture Exports Reach 96 International Markets
Indonesia reports Rp3.51 trillion in floriculture exports reaching 96 countries, highlighting an emerging ornamental supply market and its quarantine requirements.
Colombia Chrysanthemum Week Connects New Genetics With Commercial Buyers
Nine breeders presented new chrysanthemum genetics in Colombia, connecting color and form with the production and postharvest performance commercial programs require.
Canadian Floral Sector Warns Tariffs Could Disrupt U.S. Supply
Canadian growers warn that tariffs covering C$210 million in annual flower exports could disrupt U.S. supplies of cut flowers, orchids and propagative material.
Bellaflor Group Joins That Flower Feeling Campaign With $1,000 Monthly Pledge
With state-of-the-art growing facilities in Ecuador and Ethiopia, the company supplies a wide selection of high-end cut flowers to the global floral market.
How We Left the Wire Service Behind — and Finally Started Making Money on Delivery
The florists who thrive going forward will not necessarily be the busiest shops. They will be the ones operating with the most clarity — and the most confidence in the value they provide.
First Clock Successfully Migrated for Floriday Auctioning
The technical migration of clock N5 is an important milestone, but definitely not the final step. Over the coming weeks, Royal FloraHolland will be migrating the other clocks step by step.
New AI Bouquet Configurator Explores the Future of Digital Flower Selection
Floral Innovations develops prototype based on the InfoFlowersPlants database featuring more than 8,000 flower species and varieties.
Rodney Crittenden to Retire After 30 Years at Great Lakes Floral Association
Great Lakes Floral Association Executive Vice President to step down May 1, 2027, search for successor underway.