FTD Releases Major Update to Flagship Mercury Point of Sale Product
New Version 8.0 Delivers New Features and Enhancements

DOWNERS GROVE, IL. (May 24, 2007) - FTD recently announced the latest version of its flagship floral business solution, FTD Mercury 8.0. Available free to current FTD Mercury users, the new update provides exciting new features to save time, increase efficiency, and increase florist profitability. This breakthrough release delivers a robust platform to power flower shops of all sizes.

“Mercury Technology is a driving force in the floral industry and a key part of FTD’s business.” said Larry Johnson, Executive Vice President of the FTD Florist Segment. “FTD Mercury 8.0 represents our continuing investment in tools to meet our member florists’ technology needs.”

FTD Mercury 8.0 provides new features designed to improve business efficiency. Key features include:

• Automatic Order Processing: Easily configure FTD Mercury to automatically process Flowers All Hours, FTD Florists Online Web site, and FTD Mercury incoming orders.
• One-Click Refunds: Quickly create refunds and link them to the original sales.
• Printing Enhancements: Four new forms that can be customized and routed to specific printers and printer trays, as well as one-off printing.
• Pool Ticket Printing: Create pool delivery zones, as well as convert your existing pool ticket into an electronic form which will integrate with FTD Mercury.
• C.O.D. Support: Mark orders for pickup and local delivery for payment when the order is picked up or the driver delivers it.
• Enhanced Customer & Florist Searches: Easily search for customers with color-coded entries and view florist information on a single screen.
• Abbreviation/Send To Codes: Enter an entire recipient address and quickly key it into orders.
• Workflow Enhancements: Efficiently interact with your customer and order database with new visual cues, different colored Order Entry and Point of Sale backgrounds, and more!

“We’re extremely excited about this release and look forward to rolling it out to our members and new customers,” said Johnson. “We think this is our best release yet.”

ABOUT FTD GROUP, INC.
FTD Group, Inc. is a leading provider of floral-related products and services to consumers and retail florists, as well as other retail locations offering floral products, in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland. The business is supported by the highly recognized FTD and Interflora brands. Both brands are supported by the Mercury Man logo, which is displayed in approximately 50,000 floral shops globally. The consumer businesses operate primarily through the www.FTD.COM  Web site in the U.S. and Canada and the www.interflora.co.uk  Web site in the U.K. and Ireland and are complemented by the florist businesses, which provide products and services to the independent florist networks.

Press Contact
Megan Buchanan
FTD Inc.
3113 Woodcreek Drive
Downers Grove, IL 60515
Tel: 630-724-6540
Email: mbuchanan@ftdi.com

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