Tennessee has won a major battle against a deceptive lister -- the state attorney general has ordered a Pennsylvania-based order gatherer to stop doing business in Tennessee for 15 years and pay the state $26,000.

The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market kicks off today, but if you don't make it to Georgia, don't worry: A bevy of upcoming industry events should keep you busy. Here's a snapshot of what the summer holds:

1-800-Flowers.com is spending $50,000 to connect with the estimated 7.5 million users of Second Life, a Web site that lets users create a virtual world for themselves.

What's a florist to do when 105 degree heat erases the thought of buying flowers from consumers' minds? Kick-start your marketing program.

There are dozens of ways to let your customers know you are grateful for their business: a note in the mail, an ad in the paper. A Nebraska florist is taking a more "in your face" approach: a billboard.

Looking for a way to harness the power of word-of-mouth advertising online? A relatively new site, Yelp.com, is the latest social networking site helping businesses do just that, but beware: When customers dish about businesses online, they focus on the good and the bad.

On Mother's Day that statement is a given. But if a recent story in The New York Times is on target, the mother-daughter bond is one worth celebrating -- and, for business owners, targeting -- year-round.

A new survey finds that employees say compensation and a benefits package are the motivators driving their job satisfaction.

What do blogs, e-mail, electronic kiosks in shopping malls, mobile billboards, online ads, vase cards and ... pizza boxes have in common?

It's hard to run a business and stay on top of what's going on in the floral industry -- but SAF makes it easy with The Changing Floriculture Industry: A Statistical Overview (fourth edition).

Seventy-six percent of readers responding to the previous week's e-poll said they were not open on the 4th of July.

When it comes to promoting holidays, outdoor signage such as billboards, signboards and marquees is popular among retail florists.