Floral & Gifts Retail Industry Competitors

Some say it's all in the name, but 1-800-FLOWERS.COM does more than just peddle petunias online. The Internet flower company sells fresh flowers and plants from its toll-free number, several Web sites, some 125 million catalogs, and about 95 franchised and 10 company-owned shops, in California, New York, and four other states....

American Farms certainly hopes that its corporate strategies lead to perennial success. Established in 1991 with 10 acres, the company, a wholesale grower of flowering pot crops, now comprises more than 100 acres in Florida. It produces more than 100 varieties of annuals and herbaceous perennials, as well as flowering tropicals, landscape ferns and grasses, seasonal crops, and more....

You might say this company trades in sentiments for all occasions and every season. Clinton Cards is the leading greeting card retailer in the UK, with more than 1,000 stores operating under the Clinton and Birthday's brand names. The shops sell greeting and seasonal cards, wrapping paper, stuffed animals, and other gifts....

Turn to Cruise Line Holdings for your onboard booty. The company, which does business as Miami Cruiseline Services and Starboard Cruise Services, is part of the Selective Retailing segment of luxury goods company LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton....

Current USA is a leading direct marketer of greeting cards and gift wrap, scrapbooking supplies, stationery, and home decorating items. The company also operates a pair of outlet stores, both in Colorado, and a fundraising business that sells cookie dough, magazines, and more....

Who brings the florist flowers? Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist, one of the largest wholesale flower distributors in the US, provides fresh cut flowers and greenery, floral supplies and accessories, and botanicals to professional florists from distribution centers in Maryland and New Jersey....

Some world travelers prefer seeing the sights, but as DFS Group knows, some prefer to shop their way around the globe. The world's largest luxury travel retailer, DFS (Duty Free Shoppers) runs some 150 stores in 14 countrires, located primarily in the Asia/Pacific region....

Dylan's Candy Bar is a Candyland of wonders for the well-heeled on Manhattan's Upper East Side and beyond. Founded by candy store veteran Jeff Rubin (no longer associated with the company) and Dylan Lauren (daughter of designer Ralph Lauren), Dylan's Candy Bar has hit the big time....

Findel makes it easy to find the items you want-- and some items you didn't even know that you wanted. The firm's Express Gifts division is a leader in consumer home shopping through mail-order catalogs, which are distributed to more than 1.5 million households throughout the UK and account for about half of the company's annual revenue....

Flying Brands' company products are continually flying off the shelves. Flying Brands sells animal and bird feed, audio books, flowers, and other items through its mail-order operations, under names such as Behnam Collectibles, Flying Flowers, and Gardening Bird Supplies....

Fresh Bouquets knows how to grow its business. The floral firm grows, sources, and distributes 100,000 bunches of flowers a week to service stations and convenience stores across the UK under the Flowerfête label. Fresh Bouquets grows its own flowers in company-owned nurseries and supplements those with selected imported flowers from Israel, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey....

Mercury, the Roman god of speed and commerce with winged feet (and an icon for megaflorist FTD), comes bearing flowers. FTD Group (formerly Mercury Man Holdings) is the holding company for operating subsidiary FTD, Inc., which was established in 1910....

The world's well-known floral delivery service, FTD links about 20,000 North American florists and some 50,000 additional florists in 150 countries through its largest subsidiary, Florists' Transworld Delivery, Inc. (FTDI). FTD provides technology for FTDI, handling billing, and marketing....

It may not roll off the tongue, but the Hammacher Schlemmer name has been around for nearly 160 years. Founded as a New York hardware store, it's one of the nation's most seasoned retailers, producing the longest continually published catalog in the US. Offering a pricey lineup it calls "the Best, the Only and the Unexpected," the retailer sells innovative, upscale gifts, gadgets, and housewares....

Harry & David Holdings (HDH) wants customers to enjoy the fruits -- and flowers -- of its labors. Its Harry and David Direct Marketing catalog and Internet unit offers gift baskets filled with gourmet foods, most notably its Royal Riviera pears and chocolates....

Not only were Harry and David Holmes brothers, but they also founded and gave their names to the company that was a pioneer in selling fruit, and later other specialty foods and gift items through catalogs, the Internet, and business-to-business and consumer telemarketing....

KP Company Limited (formerly King Power International Group) loves travelers with time and money to burn. The firm operates about 75 duty- and tax-free shops in six airports in Thailand. It sells duty-free liquor, cosmetics, luxury goods, and Thai-made souvenirs....

You won't find soybeans or pork bellies, but you can buy a little silver (as in a pair of sterling silver earrings) from LTD Commodities. The company is a business-to-business supplier of apparel for women, men, and children, as well as home and garden accessories, jewelry, electronics, luggage, toys, furniture, gift items, and other general merchandise....

Michael C. Fina sells only the finest to to-be-weds and their wedding guests nationwide. The company offers high-end gifts, home furnishings, tableware, jewelry, and timepieces through catalogs, the Internet, and a store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. In late 2004 the company reached an agreement with leading wedding information publisher The Knot, whereby Michael C....

Organic Bouquet has uncovered a natural niche in organic blooms. The floral and fruit provider offers fresh organic tulips, lavender, sunflowers, country bouquets, roses, and its namesake bouquets through upscale natural retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats....