1-800-Flowers News

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1-800-Flowers names new head of Floral Brand from NY Newsday
Nearly five months after it abruptly fired the head of its consumer floral brand business, 1-800-Flowers.com has named a successor.

Jan Murley, a board member of the Carle Place retailer who most recently worked as a consultant at the buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has been named interim president of the division, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document the retailer filed Tuesday.

She will work as a consultant and remain a member of the board, the filing said. She replaces Monica Woo, who was fired in May after four years with the company. The company didn't say why she was let go.
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New TV show 'Ex List' Teams up with 1-800-Flowers from the Hollywood Reporter
As part of its promotional campaign for new series "The Ex List," CBS has teamed with 1-800-Flowers.com to launch the first official "Ex Day" on Oct. 16, during which people will be encouraged to reconnect with an ex by sending him or her a special "Ex Bouquet" through the online flower delivery company.

"Ex list," which premieres Friday night, stars Elizabeth Reaser as a flower shop owner who learns from a psychic that she's already dated her future husband and sets out to find him.

Additionally, CBS has launched an "Ex List" page on Facebook that allows users to build their own Mr. Right and is sponsoring an "Ex List" branded romance horoscope widget.
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A TV show starring a flower shop owner? Cool. The bouquet? Not so much.
 
I actually have a connection to this story. About a year ago, the producers of this show approached me expressing interest in using my shop to film the flower shop scenes.

I had to turn them down, they wanted to shut me down for months at a time. I wouldn't be able to get approval from the mall (Westfield). Another big problem is that my square footage wouldn't be able to accommodate all the equipment and film crew.

They ended up choosing a coffee shop and converted it into a makeshift flower shop.
 
Send a bouquet to an EX? WTH? What are they going to call it? "The can of worms opener?" Show sounds interesting though, it will be fun to see how they portray the flower shop owner. Probably drives a Mercedes, lives in a beachside condo...you know, like us!!!!
 
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Rhonda at work said:
October 16th is already named "Bosses Day"....duh
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You would think that with it being 1-800 they would know that the date was already taken. Bosses Day and has been for many, many years.

What? They don't send enough flowers that day and needed an extra holiday to make up for what the local florist does on Bosses Day!
 
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