Jim McCann is stepping down as CEO at 1-800-Flowers.com, but will remain active in the company as executive chairman. Adolfo Villagomez will begin serving as CEO on May 12. “We are thrilled to ...

1-800-Flowers founder-CEO Jim McCann says he is stepping down from the CEO job. He will remain as chairman. Adolfo Villagomez will take over as CEO, with a focus on updating technology ...

After nearly 50 years of building 1-800-Flowers, I recently came to the conclusion that the best way to grow further was for me to step aside as CEO. So, just a few days before Mother’s Day ...

Founder, chairman, and CEO Jim McCann, who started the business in 1976 when he acquired a flower shop in Manhattan, says Valentine’s Day has expanded from an observance of romantic love to an ...

Photo: 1-800-Flowers.com 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.

May is always a big month at 1-800-Flowers.com due to Mother’s Day, but this year the company made bigger news, naming a former executive at The Home Depot as CEO and ending the long run of the ...

Jim McCann rose through the ranks of the Johnstown Fire Department – from firefighter to captain to assistant chief – over the past two decades, developing close working relationships with ...

McCann stepped back from the CEO role for the first time, ceding the position to his younger brother Chris McCann, who had been president. But Jim became CEO again in 2023 after Chris faced some ...