You know your company is one with a rich history when your original name had the word “telegraph” in it. That’s the case with FTD Group Inc., who we know as the flower people today. The original name of the company, founded in 1910, was Florists’ Telegraph Delivery. They were the first flowers-by-wire service in the world then. Today, they are one of the largest floral companies in the world.

With headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois, Florists’ Transworld Delivery Inc. (FTD) trades on the NYSE as part of the Specialty Retailer-Other business sector. They are a provider of floral-related products and services to consumers, retail florists, and other retail floral products providers. They operate in the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

The company began when fifteen American retail florists came together and agreed to exchange orders for out-of-town deliveries. By 1914, they had adapted the now-famous