Bokksu began with a suitcase, an unpaid intern named Mom, and a stubborn thesis: Japanese snacks could travel without turning Japan into a cartoon. Then one successful Facebook campaign broke the warehouse.
A Providence pasta maker turned a neighborhood specialty into groceries, catering and gifts. Its next sale might be a tray of chicken Parmesan or an entire Italian night in a box.
A Manhattan flower shop turned a toll-free number into one of e-commerce’s earliest brands. Fifty years later, 1-800-FLOWERS is trying to make 17 businesses, 3,900 employees and millions of gifting relationships bloom as one.