4 Tips to Combat Rising Costs
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: …