Jim McCann: Bringing Your Business to Full Bloom
February 11, 2012
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Jim McCann, CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.com and author of Celebrating Life: Words of Comfort, together with Jill Eastman Vidal and Fran Cuomo, share thoughts on how his business has grown though four waves of change as well as how the floral industry and funeral industry are integrated, plus what  attendees will learn from his keynote presentation, “Bringing Your Business to Full Bloom”  at the 2012 ICCFA Annual Convention.
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