Floral

A strong business sense and the zeal to cater to the customer on time has made this cut flower distributor a name to reckon with. Floratrader.com does not deal with artificial flowers. They deal in real flowers straight flown in from far flung places like Mexico and Mauritius. The company is always on their feet to offer their customers the best possible deals on bulk purchase as Floratrader targets primarily the wholesale market. …

The coveted title ‘International Grower of the Year’ 2012 has been won by Sheridan Nurseries, from Canada. …

The Flower Council, the worldwide marketing arm of the cut flower and houseplant industry of the Netherlands, has selected UM London to launch an integrated campaign. …

Rosa Flora sells mass orders of fresh-cut flowers from its greenhouses to wholesalers in Canada and the United States. The 138-employee company now uses an automated system that can process just one variety of flower at a time. That’s restrictive if clients want any kind of change to orders, such as different colours, stem lengths, numbers in bunches or other differences. …

www.FlowerChat.com, the No. 1 online forum for floral professionals, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in a huge way: With a prize giveaway that includes the new Kindle Fire HD tablet computer. What’s the catch? There is none. As the site’s contest page explains: “No hoops, no tricks, no fine print;* just rewards to whose who are members of the FlowerChat community.” (To what does the asterisk refer? Text that says, “*Ok, so there is some fine print, but only the really necessary lawyery stuff. No tricks or entanglements, we promise!”) …