FLORISTS REPORT GLITCH IN FTD COMPUTERS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency.Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Independent florists from all over the country said Friday that computers for FTD FTD Financial Times Deutschland (German sister newspaper of the Financial Times) FTD Frontotemporal Dementia FTD Fitted FTD Federal Tax Deposit FTD Flight Training Device FTD Fastest Time of the Day , or Florists' Transworld Delivery Florists Transworld Delivery or FTD is a company based in Downers Grove, Illinois, in the United States. It operates two main businesses: The Consumer Business sells flowers and gift items through its websites and The Floral Business sells computer services, software and Inc., were down much of Thursday and Friday as orders poured in for Mother's Day deliveries. The nature of the problem was unclear, and phone messages left for officials at FTD were not returned Friday night. A message on the FTD toll-free order line said the company could not take any more orders for delivery on Mother's Day, giving customers the option of having the flowers delivered on Monday instead. FTD, based in the western Chicago suburb of Downers Grove Downers Grove, village (1990 pop. 46,858), Du Page co., NE Ill.; settled 1832, inc. 1873. Downers Grove has undergone population growth and commercial development that include the construction of new office complexes. , has been the leading flowers-by-wire service since it was founded in 1910, using a worldwide network of 25,000 florists to fill about 3 million orders a year. One florist in Charleston, W.Va., though, was doubtful that there really were computer problems. ``I suspect they've just turned it off,'' said Peggy Peggy may refer to:
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