I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re all connected somehow. ProFlowers has been sued for fraud on a number of occassions. Go figure. Its parent company is Provide Commerce (Liberty Media) whose brands are below.
ProFlowers – flowers
Cherry Moon Farms – gourmet fruit and gift baskets
Shari’s Berries - covered strawberries and other gourmet food gifts
RedEnvelope - upscale gifts for all occasions
Florist Express - same day flower and gift delivery throughout the United States.
Personal Creations - gifts
I might also add, that Bill Strauss, the CEO of ProFlowers also worked for Quicken at one time when his company, ChipSoft, was acquired by Intuit. Quicken was a sponsor that dropped Rush too. Tangled web. Rush knows all the players. I’m beginning to wonder outside the box about this whole drama.
I think such “shaddow companies” should be prohibited under a false advertising premise.
It implies two competitors when in fact there is no competition.
Either way, I thank you for the list of companies. I will not be using any of them in the future and have already cancelled my email notices and specifically mentioned their cancellation of Rush ads as the reason.
My money, my rules.
Interesting. Thanks!