Send Love This Valentine's Day; FTD.COM Delivers Your Emotions Right to Your Valentine's Door

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2005

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- FTD(R), a trusted leader providing beautiful, quality floral arrangements for almost a century, reminds romantics to send some love this February 14th. - Whether its flowers from a trusted FTD florist or a quality gift, FTD.COM delivers your sentiments to anyone on your love radar this Valentine's Day.

In today's age of 24/7 customer conveniences, even procrastinators won't compromise quality for their most vulnerable emotions. That's why FTD.COM offers superior floral gifts delivered by the hands of professional florists. Shoppers can order anytime day or night and rest assured that their Valentine will receive the freshest floral arrangement from a company whose brand is synonymous with quality.

Fresh and Hand-Delivered Flowers

FTD.COM is supported by more than 20,000 FTD Florists across the U.S. and Canada who meet quality standards to ensure the freshest flowers and highest level of customer service. FTD same-day delivered floral arrangements are created and hand delivered from a florist who is often right down the street or in the same neighborhood as FTD customers. Flowers delivered by an FTD Florist come with a satisfaction guarantee and are among the freshest in the industry. This Valentine's Day, FTD suggests:

--The FTD(R) In Love with Roses(TM) Bouquet - A dozen red roses is a timeless way to share your romantic side. Show your Valentine how in love you are with an added creative twist - a soft pink-tinted vase.

--FTD(R) Valentine's Day Bouquet - This contemporary floral arrangement combines sassy lilies with traditional red roses arranged in a frosted pink vase with red-hot heart beading around the neck.

--FTD(R) Sweethearts(R) Bouquet - For the trendy sweetheart in your life, this contemporary striped square vase holds a sweet bouquet of red roses, white snapdragons and purple statice - a fresh way to look at love.

Blooming with Gift Ideas

FTD.COM also offers a wide variety of gift items for a sweetheart of any age or gender. For romantics with little time to shop, FTD.COM is a trusted resource to share sweet sentiments with chocolates, hobby gifts or plush, cuddly bears. A few ideas to share your sweetest emotions are:

For Her

--Love Bear Hugs with Balloon and Chocolate - Send twice the hugs to show your special someone you care. Our Love Bear Hugs consists of two plush sitting bears - one white and one red with hearts on their feet. The bears are hugging a balloon and an assorted bag of chocolate.

--H2O+(TM) Sea Salt Therapy Kit - Purifying European Sea Salts and hydrating body butter offer a luxurious escape for the harried mother or the busy executive.

--Sterling Silver Open Heart Necklace - Give the symbol of love with this dangling heart necklace in sterling silver.

For Him

--Travel Cigar Humidor Set - This handsomely styled and durable set has a brushed aluminum exterior and cedar lining holding a cigar case, hygrometer, cigar cutter and bullet cutter keychain.

--Golftini Martini Glass - Cocktails in this martini glass will make him smile with the fabulous putting green hand painted on the glass with a sand trap on the base.

--The Red Hot Lucky Bamboo Plant - This could be your lucky message this Valentine's Day. Four stylish bamboo stalks grounded in a sexy bright red container filled with black river rocks.

For All

--Valentine's Day Chocolate Covered Cookies - Sixteen chocolate-covered cookies are decorated with red and pink candy hearts and the center cookie makes the "I Love You" message very clear.

--Ghirardelli(R) Valentine Treats - Ghirardelli chocolates are perennial favorites. This Valentine box is packed with Ghirardelli's best goodies for a true chocoholic. Box includes a Masterpiece Collection of nine assorted Premium Ghirardelli chocolates, a box of non-pareils, two packets of cocoa mix and assorted milk and dark chocolate bars and squares.

--Mrs. Fields(R) Heart Tin - Show your Valentine how much you really appreciate her this year by sending the Mrs. Fields(R) Heart Tin filled with cookies in a pre-selected assortment of Mrs. Fields(R) most popular flavors.

Last-minute Delivery

Orders placed on FTD.COM delivered by quality FTD Florists are available for same-day delivery including a selection of beautiful fresh cut floral arrangements and gourmet gift baskets. This is one of the many benefits of shopping online with FTD.COM and you can rest assured knowing that your floral arrangement is designed and hand delivered by a professional FTD Florist.

For quality Valentine's Day gift ideas, shop online today at www.FTD.COM, call 1-800-SEND-FTD or visit your local FTD Florist.

About FTD

FTD Group, Inc. is a leading provider of floral-related products and services to consumers and retail florists in the approximately $14 billion U.S. floral retail market. The business is supported by the highly recognized FTD brand, which was established in 1910 and enjoys 96% brand recognition among the Company's principal target market of U.S. consumers, as well as by the Mercury Man logo, which is displayed in approximately 50,000 floral shops globally. The Company conducts business through two operating segments. The Consumer Segment, primarily through the www.FTD.COM Web site and the 1-800-SEND-FTD toll-free telephone number, offers same-day delivery of floral orders to nearly 100% of the U.S. and Canadian populations. As a result of the same-day delivery capability and broad product selection, the Consumer Segment is one of the largest direct marketers of floral arrangements and specialty gifts in the U.S. The Florist Segment provides a comprehensive suite of products and services to enable the network of approximately 20,000 FTD-member florists to send and deliver floral orders. FTD-member florists are able to expand their revenues and reduce their operating costs by participating in the inter-city floral delivery market and utilizing FTD's business services, technology, branded merchandise and improved operating practices.