Month: February 2016

burton + BURTON® recently announced Mercy Hospital Gift Shop of St. Louis, MO, as the winner of the inaugural Albert Maslia Award. The award showcases excellence in visual merchandising for hospital gift shops and honors the memory of Albert Maslia, a member of the AmericasMart® Atlanta management team. Mr. Maslia served as the Managing Director of Retail Services for AmericasMart and was a longtime friend of the hospital gift shop industry. Maslia passed away in April 2014. …

Sales and customer service expert Tim Huckabee returns to the stage February 27 for the Society of American Florists' (SAF's) 1-Day Profit Blast in Austin, Texas, where he'll deliver his no-nonsense advice that has helped hundreds of retailers drastically increase their average sales values. …

At the Michigan Floral Association's (MFA) board of directors meeting, Jerome Raska, AAF, AIFD, CAFA, CF, CFD, PFCI, from Blumz by JRDesigns in Ferndale and Detroit, Michigan, was elected to serve as the association's president for 2016. Tim Timinski from FloraCraft Corporation in Ludington was elected vice president. Prior to the meeting Tim Galea Norton’s Flowers & Gifts,Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, was appointed to fulfill the remaining one-year term as a director at large. This vacancy occurred when Chris McGahey resigned to take a new position with Kennicott Brothers Co., Chicago, IL. …