Van, Wagon, Truck, Vehicle--Something With Wheels!.. Depending upon you business plan, you will need a delivery vehicle. Plan your vehicle needs for your average to slightly above average delivery days. You can rent vehicles for the holidays and major events. Do not pay insurance and maintenance on a van you will use just four or five times a year. When you are researching … [Read more...]
Wire Services for New Retail Flower Shops
Wire Service Background.. Traditionally, a wire service is a company that transfers orders between florists, across geographic divides. They collect money from the sending florist and pay the receiving florist for filling the order. The sending florist earns a commission on orders they send out and normally charges a fee for transferring an order. The wire service takes a … [Read more...]
Bookkeeping Basics for your Retail Flower Shop
Bookkeeping for your Flower Shop I recommend using a commercially available accounting software package for your accounting. A good system can make your life easier by tracking income and expenses, and inventory management. While you can track income and expenses with pen and paper, there are much better ways. Some people still use a spreadsheet and that's ok too, but not … [Read more...]
Staffing Your Retail Flower Shop
Forming your Fantastic Floral Team There is no shortage of work at a flower shop and while it can be scary to trust someone to take over the critical design work, you aren't going to be able to do it yourself. There is a lot more than just design work though. Here are a few of the many things that happen behind the scenes that you as the business owner are going to have to … [Read more...]