Nebraska couple test remotely controlled store

Published May 19, 2014 4:04pm ET



LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An entrepreneurial Nebraska couple hope customers will buy from their remotely controlled flower-in-a-pot shop that they acknowledge may seem a bit creepy for some customers.

Clark Plihal told the Lincoln Journal Star (http://bit.ly/ROL9Z3 ) that he and his wife, Kelli, have been looking for a cost-effective way to take advantage of the demand for their specially designed Bump Up Pots. The pots are planted with flowers from their flower business, but they have a removable bottom so the flowers can be transferred to a larger pot or planted in the ground.

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