History
On August 18, 1910, fifteen American florists led by John Valentine, a Denver lawyer and floral company owner, agreed to serve each others' out-of-town customers by exchanging orders via telegraph, and was called Florists' Telegraph Delivery. In 1914, the company adopted Mercury Man as its logo, to emphasize the speed of delivery. In 1965, it began offering international order, and took the name of Florists' Transworld Delivery.
Demutualization of co-operatives
Demutualization of a co-operative is sometimes known as privatization, and involves the consumer members surrendering their “one member one vote” democratic control of the business, in exchange for a windfall of cash, or shares of a joint stock company. The stock company acquires control of the business, and ownership of its assets.Read more about this topic: Florists' Transworld Delivery
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