SAF WEdnesday E-Brief
November 7, 2007 Your weekly industry news and business trends update from SAF
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Headlines
African Roses, Rainbow-Colored Flowers Popular at Horti Fair
AgJOBS to be Left Out of Farm Bill
IFD Works to Keep the Cold Chain Going
Gas Prices Fuel Anxiety for Industry Members
Success Blooms for America in Bloom
Newsmakers
TV News Stations Say "Good Morning" With Flowers
California's B&H Receives Green Award
Florist Loses San Francisco Mayoral Race
Life at Work
Business Owners Enjoy Being Their Own Boss
Trends and Tips
Talk, Don’t Write Your Message
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Election Year Politics 101: Speak up often, and LOUDLY
Register now for Congressional Action Days.
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Product Spotlight: The Valentine's Day Playbook
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Florists' Communities Celebrating Dia de los Muertos
Sweetest Day and Boss's Day Sales Results
 
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Trends and Tips
Talk, Don’t Write Your Message

Why write the customer’s message on the enclosure card when they can shout it? A company based in the United Kingdom, pre.vu, has developed talking products such as gift tags and CD cases for the technology-loving consumer.

“Create your own special voice message for any occasion,” the Web site advertises. Each personalized, pocket-sized talking gift tag can hold up to a 60-second (maximum) message, whether it’s speaking, singing or sound effects, for the gift recipient. When the product was tested at three Virgin Megastores, customers were “quickly engaged,” according to case study findings on the Web site.

Messages can be played “hundreds” of times and the tag (which retails around $12) lasts for more than a year, according to the Web site.

And, Interflora, Europe’s floral wire service, is rumored to be offering the pre.vu gift tags sometime soon, according to the comments section on Springwise.
--Cassandra P. Foster
cfoster@safnow.org

 

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