Industry Resources - Training / Business Practices

Franklin Consulting & Training Ltd. has provided shop business and financial consulting and training services to the floral industry for over a decade. They have developed expertise in understanding the unique challenges of operating a retail flower shop and have developed proven and actionable strategies to deal with these challenges effectively.

As a provider of financial-consulting services, training, and business tools to individual shop owners, FC&T has been able to improve the profitability of a significant number of well-known florists, both big and small.

For more information please visit the Franklin Consulting & Training website.

Located in Vancouver BC Floralynx offers retail florists a wide variety of services, all aimed at making them more successful.

For more information please visit the Floralynx website.

During her career as a wire service representative Diane learned what works and what does not work for florists. She is no free of any wire service affiliations and shares her knowledge in an unbiased way. Her goal is to help florists lower costs and increase sales.

The questions she likes to ask include:

Even if you get a monthly check - are you really making money with wire services?

Do you understand your statements and the various charges on them?

Are you paying for wire service programs that do not benefit you?

She can also offer advice on cost cutting, inventory management, marketing, holiday preparation and more.

Diane provides business consultations or statement evaluations by phone/fax or personal visit. A meeting with her can save you hundreds of dollars a month. One recent client cut more than $400/month from their wire service statements.

For more information please call 203-876-7975 or e-mail dianeor@hotmail.com.