FLOWERS: The Perfect Gift

Businesses and organizations are often faced with a set of all-too-human challenges. What should they do when life-altering events happen to an employee or a business associate? And how do they say “thank you” for extraordinary performance?
These are questions that have interpersonal, ethical and legal overtones. In many instances, a “Hallmark” card may be inadequate. But high value gifts may be inappropriate, considered as “compensation,” or might even be construed as “bribes.”

But even the most cynical of auditors is hard-pressed to put floral gifts in such unacceptable categories. Floral gifts are always appropriate, easy to buy, and surprisingly economical – if you know where to buy them!

Choosing The Right Florist

Would you buy a laser printer if you knew that 44% of the purchase price went to FEES & COMMISSIONS?

Of course not!

Then why would you buy flowers that way?

The shocking fact is that, with a “National Florist,” almost half your purchase price goes to “handling charges,” commissions and “network relay fees!” To make matters worse, they then take your order and send it to a hometown florist for crafting and delivery. YOU could do that!!

LOCAL is always better!

Think of the benefits. You always get full value for your money. You keep ALL the money in the local economy. And you support local businesses the same way that you would like local businesses to support you!

What to look for

Experience. Did you know that there are many local florists – such as the Flower Hut – that have been in business under the same ownership and management LONGER THAN any of the National Florists?

Quality. The Flower Hut buys its flowers direct from the grower. This provides all our customers with fresher flowers that last longer. Yahoo! Ranks the Flower Hut at 4 ½ STARS. We are Charlotte’s ONLY 4 ½ Star Florist! In contrast, none of the National Florist has better than a 2 Star rating!

Price: All National Florists, like FTD and Teleflora (TF) feature beautiful floral arrangements on their websites. As FTD and TF members, we feature many of those items on our website also. BUT while the National Florists are “stuck with” National Pricing, we use our grower-direct purchasing power to dramatically lower our costs. This means that when you order from our website for local delivery, we DISCOUNT “their” National Pricing by 20%!

That’s right. You can buy “their” Nationally Advertised Products for 20% off their Nationally Advertised prices. And, unlike the National Florists, with the Flower Hut there are NO HANDLING CHARGES and NO NETWORK RELAY FEES!

Service: The Flower Hut is open for business 6 days a week. We answer the phone 24 hours a day – 365 days a year. And we have a full-service website, www.flowerhut.com where you can buy at any time, pay via charge card or put the purchase on your HOUSE ACCOUNT (OAC). And of course, you always receive email and/or hard copy confirmation on all your orders.

THE SIMPLE CHOICE

So, for all your floral needs, your best option is to BUY LOCAL. And your best local choice is:

The Flower Hut