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1-800-Flowers.com seeks a buyer for its home and children’s gifts business

Though 1-800-Flowers.com Inc. now lists its home and children’s gifts business as a discontinued operation, the company continues to actively seek a buyer. 1-800-Flowers.com has retained Paragon Capital Group LLC to help evaluate potential offers.

Posted 08/28/2009Don DavisPost a comment

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IRCE 2009 session addresses how to tie online sales back to ads

Even though e-commerce has transitioned sales tracking from art to science, there still are some unsolved mysteries. One of them is apportioning credit for a sale when there are multiple paths possible, says George Michie of The Rimm-Kaufman Group.

Posted 06/11/2009Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Consultants Rimm-Kaufman Group hires a marketing exec from Plow & Hearth

Steve Bosley, former head of marketing at Plow & Hearth, has joined the Rimm-Kaufman Group as vice president of marketing. Bosley will take over marketing duties from Larry Becker, who will head up Rimm-Kaufman’s web effectiveness consulting practice.

Posted 08/13/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Use the web’s power to engage customers, Internet Retailer keynoter says

Although 1-800-Flowers.com is approaching $1 billion in sales, it never stops searching for better ways to serve its customers, chairman and CEO Jim McCann said in today’s keynote address at Internet Retailer 2007 Conference & Exhibition.

Posted 06/05/2007Mark BrohanPost a comment

Internet Retailer announces keynote speakers for IRCE 2007

Jim McCann, chairman & CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, and Reed Hastings, chairman & CEO of Netflix, will deliver the keynote addresses at the Internet Retailer 2007 Conference & Exhibition, June 4-7 in San Jose.

Posted 12/04/2006Kurt PetersPost a comment

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New initiatives in full bloom at 1-800-Flowers.com

1-800-Flowers.com will continue to grow as a web retailer by leveraging its infrastructure and various acquisitions, president Chris McCann says. The company’s next launch is a new gift baskets site, 1800Baskets.com.

Posted 07/26/2006Bill BriggsPost a comment

1-800-Flowers plants a business development seed

1-800-Flowers.com Inc. is using a mix of acquisitions and organic growth to carve out market share in the gourmet food, wine and gifts space, hoping to generate $100 million this year.

Posted 03/29/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

1-800-Flowers.com’s gift offering extends into wine

The Internet flower and gift site acquires The Winetasting Network, a Napa Valley catalog and web wine merchant and a distributor for more than 100 area wineries. The deal expands 1-800-Flowers.com’s offer and gets it into the wine club business.

Posted 01/12/2005Paul DemeryPost a comment