When Flowers Delivered Comes up Smelling of Roses

A blooming boom in the online flower delivery industry ensures profitable times for thanks-a-bunch.co.uk. Find out the secrets to succesfully trading online.

(PRWEB) June 22, 2006 -- Providing flowers and Hampers across the UK, thanks-a-bunch.co.uk is one of a new class of online entrepreneurial enterprises offering deliveries of gifts, hampers and flowers. Lean, flexible and all too rare for an Internet start-up – cash positive, thanks-a-bunch’s online sales are soaring.

What started as a cottage industry, Internet floristry is now big bucks and the company entered a highly competitive maturing market. So what is the secret to their success? Simon Parkhouse MD at thanks-a-bunch believes that “We have an excellent product to offer the market combined with an efficient supply chain and ordering process. This means that we can keep overheads to a minimum. We also like to think we go that extra mile to keep our customers happy, we have one of the highest returning customer rates in the online florist industry”

Thanks-a-bunch have recently moved into the hamper delivery market as well, providing a sales channel for their local Farmers Market. "This ensures we have the highest quality local produce straight from the Farm" says James Fisher hamper manager at Thanks a bunch. "We have excellent relationships with our farmers and believe in paying a fair price for a fair product"

Organic growth

The growth in the organic produce market is reflected in the hamper delivery business. "We've seen a large rise in interest in our organic range,” says James. Which is good news, it means people are really thinking about the quality of the food they are eating and where it comes from"

Future Developments

The company intends to increase its product range. “We are having a look at the organic flower market at the moment, with a view to getting a wholly organic fresh cut flower range on sale in the next 3 months”

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