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The Bouqs Company

The Bouqs Company

The Bouqs Company is a venture-backed, online flower retailer headquartered in Venice Beach, California with direct farm partnerships in South America and California. The company offers cut-to-order flowers to consumers and wholesale customers within the United States.

The Bouqs Company works directly with flower farms in South America and California to offer fresh flowers which are often delivered before they have bloomed so that they sustain a greater life for the customer.

The Bouqs Company competitors include startups BloomThat, Farmgirl Flowers and UrbanStems.

The Bouqs Company <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-companyprofile_1-0"></sup>
Type of businessRetail
Available inEnglish
FoundedVenice, California (November 1, 2012 )
Headquarters,
Founder(s)
Key peopleDavid Plafchan, Eric Buterbaugh,
Employees
Slogan(s)Fresh, easy, beautiful.Bouquets, simplified.
Website
Alexarank
Current statusActive

History

Founded by John Tabis and Juan Pablo Montufar in 2012, Eric Buterbaugh later partnered with The Bouqs in 2013 as Chief Floral Designer following the companies association with the start-up accelerator Amplify.LA in April 2013. The company appeared on Shark Tank on May 2, 2014 but did not receive investment capital from any of the judges. In 2015 the company entered into a development agreement with Eric Day and Mark Koops (The Biggest Loser, Masterchef) of Trium Entertainment to develop an original unscripted TV series chronicling the growth and operations of the company's network of flower farms.

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