Rio Roses Debuts Valentines Day Flipbook

It’s an understatement to say that we’re all living in a different world than just a few months ago. We need to be flexible, smart, and fast-moving to keep up with the changing needs of our customers. This is particularly true when it comes to Gen Z and millennial customers, a vast potential customer base. …

SAF awarded a total of nine Best in Class ribbons at their 2021 Annual Convention. And Rio Roses was proud to win TWO of those ribbons — one of only two companies to achieve this. …

The costs of goods are rising everywhere these days, and we’re certainly feeling it in the floral industry. Rio Roses’ Director of Sales, Oscar Fernandez, recently shared some hard, cold facts about this: Packaging prices are up 30 to 40 percent. Mandated labor costs are up by 7.5 percent in Ecuador and 10 percent in Colombia. Freight is up between 30 and 35 percent. And this is just a partial list. So, how do you protect your profit margins with all these rising costs? Here are four important ways: …