The 1-800-Flowers Founder Decides It Is Time to ‘Fire Myself'
Over nearly half a century, Jim McCann turned a Manhattan flower shop into 1-800-Flowers.com, one of the country's largest floral-and-gift delivery companies.
But with business slowing, the 73-year-old has decided the one thing it needs is a little less Jim McCann.
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