You’ll find Laura’s blogs draw on her knowledge of trend forecasting, floral hardgoods, and marketing to businesses and consumers. Focusing on products and trends that provide solutions, her goal is to equip Pioneer customers with information and education that makes purchasing and designing easier, and provide product knowledge that make online and catalog shopping easier.
Prior to collaborating with Pioneer, Laura held marketing, product development and merchandising roles for a major manufacturer in the floral industry. With experience in all the areas where floral goods are sold – wholesalers, flower shops, craft stores, grocery, bouquet manufacturers, ecommerce, garden centers – she is passionate about making our customer’s business easier, better and more profitable, championing the use of flowers year-round and helping the industry thrive.
In May and June, Pioneer Imports & Wholesale offered a prebook program on baskets because we know Q4 brings a huge spike in the gift business. Our goal was to set you up for success and profit!However, if you didn’t prebook, you can still order today and get ahead of the Q4 rush.Better ...
The first day in a classroom setting often establishes the rules. From the syllabus to the calendar, clear expectations are set, but as we transition into our careers, the introduction and expectations grow less clear. In positive ways, a culture and a personality develop at the workplace. In ...
Welcome to the Pioneer Imports & Wholesale Sample Room!In the past few years, our business, like so many others, has gone thru times of change and reinvention. One of these exciting changes is our redesigned Sample Room. By appointment only, we welcome your company, starting September 20, ...
What to call artificial flowers – Part 3: What term should I use? In Part 1 of this series, we reviewed how consumers refer to artificial flowers. In Part 2, we discussed the variety of ways that floral professionals refer to artificial flowers. But which is the best one for your business? Below ...
What to call artificial flowers – Part 2: What do floral professionals call artificial flowers? In Part 1of this series, we noted that “artificial flowers” is the term people search most often online, but is it the right language for the professionally designed product you provide? Is it ...
Looking for Part 3: What term should I use? Click here!What to call artificial flowers – Part 1: What do consumers call artificial flowers? In the famous Shakespeare excerpt, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.”Well, Bill might think the naming of things ...
As designers, you need your supplies shipped to you. And shipping costs can drastically affect the designs you make and the customers you serve. Your Retail Price = Cost of goods + Markup. Cost of goods includes the price you pay to have the product shipped to you. For example, if a $10 box of ...
Don’t underestimate the impact of packaging in your corporate gifts. Recipients associate the company’s image with how its gifts are packaged. For this reason, using a deep, sturdy and classic basket for corporate gifting is ideal for many reasons:It looks expensive. When giving a gift, the ...
What is a Living Garden Basket?At Pioneer, we don’t just wholesale quality items, we listen to our customers and create our own line of products to meet their specific needs. When customers can’t find a container that fits, a quality basic, an artificial flower that’s botanically correct or a ...
If you prebooked baskets with Pioneer this summer, you are well on your way to a successful season with promotional discounts, locked-in pricing, and guaranteed supply. We also provided marketing tools to floral and gift professionals to take some pressure off during the busy season. Timing is ...