Teleflora

Teleflora is a floral wire service company which brokers orders to local florists for delivery. [http://www.teleflora.com/ Teleflora Website, Teleflora.com] , retrieved on: 04 June 2007] It offers florist-to-florist clearinghouse services through its self-owned network known as the "Dove network". [http://www.teleflora.com/pr12.asp Teleflora Unveils State-of-the-Art Point of Sale System, Teleflora Website, Teleflora.com] , retrieved on: 04 June 2007] Teleflora eventually merged with several other florist wire services such as Redbook Floral Services in 1997 and with American Floral Services (AFS) in 2001. [http://www.myteleflora.com/MyTeleflora/TemplateExtendedForNonMembers.aspx?MPB1=1277&HI=1276&SNID=281 Tom Butler, Chairman, MyTeleflora Website, MyTeleflora.com] retrieved on: 04 June 2007]

Teleflora serves as a clearinghouse for florist shops all over the world, and has approximately 25,000 member florists throughout the U.S. and Canada, and 20,000 affiliated florists outside North America. [http://www.teleflora.com/abouttf.asp#abouttf About Teleflora, Teleflora Website, Teleflora.com] , retrieved on 04 June 2007]

Teleflora is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has offices in Oklahoma City Oklahoma, and Paragould, Arkansas. [http://www.myteleflora.com/MyTeleflora/Careers.aspx?MPB1=1286&HI=1282&SNID=243 Careers at Teleflora, MyTeleflora Website, MyTeleflora.com] , retrieved on: 04 June 2007]

Competitors

*1-800-Flowers
*Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD)
*BloomNet owned by 1800 flowers (1800flowers)
*Blossoms Network

References

External links and further readings

* [http://www.teleflora.com Teleflora.com] Teleflora Flower Website
* [http://www.findaflorist.com FindAFlorist.com] Find a Florist Site
* [http://www.teleflor.com.tr Teleflor.com.tr] Teleflor Turkey Website