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25 Ways to Build High-Performing Displays When You’re Running Out of Room! Running out of fixtures and display space for the holidays? A magnificent visual display doesn’t have to be costly or require expensive fixturing to stop traffic! Check out these great ideas for getting everything out on the sales floor and super-wow’ing your customers at the same... Read More Share this FREE Newsletter with your team! Rock Stars of the Industry I Met The Legendary Flower Men In Saudi Arabia In Saudi Arabia, in the Jizan and Asir southern provinces, along the Yemeni border, I found the legendary ‘flower men’. For centuries, the descendants of the ancient Tihama and Asir tribes loved to wear colorful garlands. Forget the Arabic keffiyeh, be sure to wear... Read More   Tricks of the Fresh Cut Trade PHOTO GALLERY: Our Favorite Easter Table Settings + Centerpieces Spring has sprung which can only mean that Easter is right around the corner. Gather friends and family together to celebrate with a spring-tastic table. Take your Easter centerpiece beyond a standard vase and... Read More   Tricks of the Plant Trade Plants Are Growing In Kitchens, Bathrooms, Living Spaces And Popularity Cabinets, countertops, appliances, sinks, faucets—these are elements you expect to see at a trade show called LivingKitchen. And you wouldn’t have been disappointed if you walked through the biennial January... Read More     Industry Events Proflora 2019; October 2-4; Conferias; Bogota, Colombia Check out the schedule of events for Proflora 2019. Beginning on Tuesday, Proflora 2019 will give you the opportunity to meet face to face with the flower growers and breeders, learn about new trends and... Read More   Career Builders Stop Asking ‘How Are You?’ Harvard Researchers Say This Is What Successful People Do When Making Small Talk “How are you?” These are the three most useless words in the world of communication. The person asking doesn’t really want to know, and the person... Read More   Colors and Trends PHOTO GALLERY: Gals! You’ll Feel Fresh as a Daisy After Trying One of These 21 Floral Manicures Two things that easily inspire happiness are a fresh manicure and bouquet of flowers, so it’s no wonder that daisy-inspired nail art is blooming... Read More   Tech Tips 9 iPhone Tricks You’ll Use All The Time So you feel like you are already a bonafide iPhone expert. You can adeptly make calls, send text messages, check emails, change settings, download apps and everything in between. But did you know your iPhone can be used as a hearing aid? A tape measure or a level?... Read More   Retail Trends How This Founder Went From $411 In The Bank To A $23 Million Flower Powerhouse n 2010, Christina Stembel had the itch. She wanted to start a business that was massive but sustainable, fast-growing but bootstrapped. She set her sights on floral bouquets, founding Farmgirl Flowers with the aim of... Read More   Science & Research The World’s Oldest Flower Could Harbor Life-Saving Secrets Of Ancient Pollination It looks like a cave painting – or better yet, felt-tip sketches on parchment paper. But it’s far from a manmade work of art. Scientists believe this 130-million-year-old aquatic specimen is the world’s first flower... Read More Spread the Word! Do you know someone who would benefit from this newsletter? Please send it to them! Did someone else forward this newsletter to you? Subscribe to receive the Grand Central Floral newsletter sent weekly to your inbox!

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Christina Burton-Fox AIFD floral artist & instructor