FTD^® MAKES TRAINING EASY WITH NEW MERCURY ADVANTAGE^® VERSION

DOWNERS GROVE, IL. (October 27, 2005) - Florists Transworld Delivery, Inc. (FTD) is pleased to release to FTD Member Florists' Mercury Advantage® 9.2, which provides florists with additional time and money-saving features. A large number of FTD Florists rely on Mercury Advantage each day to send and receive floral orders, manage inventory and finances, and create marketing materials.

Built with the latest in software development practices and great efficiencies through partnerships with leading brands such as Nextel Communications, Inc., Microsoft, and HP, Mercury Advantage 9.2 offers solutions for florists to save time and costs, while helping to increase revenues like never before.

The release of Mercury Advantage 9.2 will offer florists the following two upgraded features:

Training Mode
Training Mode is a new feature that allows an employee to log into a training database rather than the live Mercury Advantage database. An employee can perform most functions in Mercury Advantage without changing any information in their live database. And because florists can log an employee into Training Mode while they are using their live Mercury Advantage system, Training Mode allows them to train their employees on Mercury Advantage without interfering with their daily activities.

"We are extremely excited to release our new Training Mode feature, as we see training as one of the keys to successfully orienting staff, especially during the holiday peaks when temporary employees are utilized," said Larry Johnson, FTD's Executive Vice President of Mercury Technology.

Security Codes
For security purposes, some banks now require a security code when taking the customer's credit card information. To accommodate these new security requirements, Mercury Advantage now allows florists to set up prompts for a security code. New prompts display in order entry, point of sale and manual authorization when a customer uses a credit card company that is set up to prompt for a security code.

For more information about FTD's latest technology solutions, call a professional Mercury Technology representative at 1-800-767-3222.

About Mercury Advantage
Mercury Advantage is the most proven shop management solution at the industry's best value. It offers a multi-store, Linux-based system with the ability to interface with Windows-based applications. Mercury Advantage is designed with virtually every aspect of successful floral shop management, including automated order entry, point of sale capabilities, credit card processing, automatic wire reconciliation and a superior multi-functional accounting package. Advantage also offers expansion modules such as payroll and time clock functions, general ledger, and accounts payable.

About FTD Group, Inc.
FTD Group, Inc. is a holding company for FTD, Inc., which is a provider of floral services and products and a direct marketer of flowers and specialty gifts.

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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