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FTD LLC[2] also known as Florists' Transworld Delivery, is a floral wire service, retailer, and wholesaler based in Downers Grove, Illinois, in the United States. FTD was founded as Florists' Telegraph Delivery in 1910, to help customers send flowers remotely on the same day by using florists in the FTD network who are near the intended recipient.
1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc.[1] is a floral and foods gift retailer and distribution company in the United States. The company's focus, except for Mother's Day and Valentine's Day, is on gift baskets. They also use the name 1-800-Baskets.com. [1] Their use of "coyly self-descriptive telephone numbers" is part of founder James ...
3i sold British Interflora to US-based FTD Group, the successor to Florists' Transworld Delivery, in 2006. [2] In 2008, United Online Software Development acquired Interflora and FTD. In 2012, Interflora bought the Gifts Division of Flying Brands. [3]
Jeff Clarke. Born. July 1961 (age 63) Ithaca, New York, USA. Occupation. Business executive. Known for. CEO of Kodak, Executive Chairman of FTD LLC. Jeffrey J. Clarke (born July 1961 in Ithaca, New York) is the current Executive Chairman at Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD LLC).
ProFlowers was sued by its major rival, Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD), for false advertising and unfair competition in August 2005. The suit focused on ProFlowers' claim to ship "direct from the fields" with "no middlemen", alleging that the company actually often stored flowers in refrigerated warehouses, including those of third parties. [9]
Philip Breitmeyer was born in Detroit on May 13, 1864, the son of John and Fredericka Schneider Breitmeyer. [1][2] He was educated in the public schools of the city, and joined the family florist business, John Breitmeyer & Sons. [1] He soon became president of the firm, and after his father's death bought out his brothers to become sole owner ...
In 1965, with the introduction of international order sending, FTD changed its name to Florists' Transworld Delivery. In the 1920s, a group of British florists formed a similar 'Flowers by Wire' group. This group, also a business cooperative and affiliated with FTD, began operating under the name Interflora in 1953. By the 1970s, most European ...
Two years later, she joined the Stride Rite Corporation before becoming president and CEO of Florists' Transworld Delivery in 1995. [ 27 ] As Hasbro 's Playskool Division general manager, starting in January 1997, she oversaw global management and marketing of two children's brands, Playskool and Mr. Potato Head .