This chapter discusses how 1-800-flowers ensures consistent quality and timely delivery of their gifts. They talk about the importance of meeting customer expectations and how they invested in back-end tech to make intelligent cross-product suggestions for upsells. They also revamped their warehouses to accommodate multi-brand bundles and implemented automation in their distribution centers to increase output and cut labor costs. Overall, these efforts have helped 1-800-flowers maintain consistent quality and improve their delivery process.
Disney’s quarter included sports, games, and a healthy dose of cutting costs.
(00:21) Rick Munarriz and Deidre Woollard discuss:
- Disney’s ability to cut costs.
- How Disney plans to extend its IP into gaming.
- ESPN’s power moves.
(17:33) Kirsten Guerra explores the complicated logistics that drive 1-800-Flowers.
Companies discussed: DIS, FLWS, NFLX, FUBO
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Host: Deidre Woollard
Guests: Rick Munarriz, Kirsten Guerra
Producers: Ricky Mulvey, Mary Long
Engineers: Desiree Jones, Dan Boyd
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