Flowers USA acquires FreshFlowerSource.com

Flowers USA, a retailer of flowers and gifts, today acquired FreshFlowerSource.com, an online direct marketer of flowers and gifts. The acquisition price was not disclosed. "The acquisition of FreshFlowerSource.com affords us the opportunity to expand our customer base and offer additional ordering channels for FreshFlowerSource.com customers," Dave Adams, president of Flowers USA said. Flowers USA maintains a call center in Connecticut with service 24 hours a day. Adams also said, "I see additional acquisitions being made by us in the near future as opportunities arise due to the fallout of the dot-com era."

Flowers USA operates the web site FlowersUSA.com and distributes a catalog for telephone orders.