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Types of service

Services are broadly divided into three categories: Local Florist, Order Broker and Courier.

Local florist

Local florist websites offer arrangements and bouquets for direct delivery in the geographic areas physically serviced by the company's own vans and personnel. This service is also known as 'hand delivered' and has the advantage of presenting shoppers with the precise items available for delivery on a same day basis. Local delivery charges are generally displayed as a separate fee. Childbirth in a hospital. ... Human Resources has at least two meanings depending on context. ...

Order broker

Order brokers are third-party agents that display arrangement and bouquet images and then transfer orders to affiliated local florists for fulfillment and hand delivery. Shoppers pay additional service fees as well as the local delivery charges which are generally included in the price displayed with each product. The advantage of this service is the consolidation of purchases for delivery to multiple locations through a single website. An agent is an autonomous entity with an ontological commitment and agenda of its own. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... Floristry is most often understood as referring to the cultivation of flowers as well as their arrangement, rather than to the business of selling them. ...

Most local florists also offer order brokering services for national and international delivery.

Courier delivery

Courier delivered flowers (also sometimes called Grower Direct or Flowers By Post) are assembled into bunches at the farm or in the warehouse of an importer or distributor; they are then placed in cardboard boxes and shipped direct to the recipient via over night couriers such as FedEX, UPS and DHL. The advantage of such a service is that because the flowers are shipped direct from the farm/importer they can be fresher although temperature fluctuations en-route and shipping conditions may negate the benefit. ^[1] Recipients are responsible to unpack, clean, condition and arrange courier delivered flowers. Couriers should not be confused with courtiers. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... An importer is a person or company that imports products into a country and sells them there. ... ... AR can mean: Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Ultraviolet Photoemisson Spectroscopy) United Parcel Service ... The DHL logo A DHL Boeing 757 A DHL Sprinter van DHL Boat DHL is a global market leader in international express, overland transport, air and sea freight. ...

Peak Periods

Christmas, 25th Dec; Valentines Day, 14th Feb; and Mother's Day, 2nd Sunday of May are when demand of services is the highest. Flowers are usually more expensive and stocks tend to run out early. Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a traditional Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus with both religious and secular aspects, commonly observed on 25 December. ... Valentines Day postcard, c. ... Baking a cake is one way to show a mother how much she is appreciated. ...

Payment Types

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Major online flower delivery services

• 1800Flowers - Brokers order to franchises and local florists and offers courier delivery in the US
• ProFlowers - Provides boxed flowers by FedEX
• FTD - Brokers orders to local florists for fulfillment
• Interflora - Brokers orders to local florists throughout the UK

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References

1. ↑  From White Paper Improving the Cold Chain for Cut Flowers and Potted Plants - Staby, George and Reid, MichaelCalifornia Cut Flower Commission, page reviewed on December 25, 2005