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Three days after Valentine's Day, 1-800-Flowers.com is still apologizing to customers whose flowers and candy never showed up. 1-800-Flowers.com sent nearly 1,000 individual apologies on Twitter, plus more on Facebook, but many customers still weren't satisfied. It wasn't the only flower delivery service with upset customers, though the number of 1-800-Flowers.com complaints appeared to outpace those for FTD Flowers and ProFlowers. Some frustrated customers complained that the phone lines for 1-800-Flowers.com were jammed over the weekend. They also sent emails and filled out online forms, only to receive automated replies. 

Richard Cabela, co-founder of the Cabela's retail chain that caters to outdoor enthusiasts and a prominent supporter of the National Rifle Association, has died. He was 77. Cabela started the company in 1961 as a catalog business with his wife, Mary, at their kitchen table in Chappell, Neb. His brother, James Cabela, soon joined the company and together they developed large stores in the U.S. and Canada featuring elaborate taxidermy displays of animals. Through its stores and eventually the internet, Cabela's became one of the nation's major gun retailers.

Home Depot and Lowe's are under fire for selling pesticides that some believe are partly to blame for killing billions of the nation's honeybees. Petitions with thousands of signatures are being delivered to the home-improvement retailers demanding they stop selling the pesticides along with any plants that have been treated with them. "There's a growing body of science indicating that the pesticides are a key factor in recent global bee deaths," said Lisa Archer, director of the food and technology program at the environmental group Friends of the Earth.

Bud Konheim has a message for all of the 99 percenters: You're luckier than you think. Konheim, CEO and co-founder of luxury-fashion company Nicole Miller, said on CNBC's " Squawk Box " on Wednesday that Americans not in the top 1 percent would be considered wealthy in most of the world. He said the

In light of the leaked internal strategy for squashing unions at Wal-Mart as well as other firsthand accounts of shady management policies, an unidentified Wal-Mart employee of five years emailed Gawker this week with a list of answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). He or she seeks to explain why the big-box store's customer service is abominable. It's really thorough, so we've snagged a few choice quotes.     

The president of PayPal has had it with employees who don't enthusiastically use the company's products. David Marcus sent a memo to employees working at PayPal's San Jose, Calif., headquarters yesterday, scolding them for not installing the company's app and forgetting their PayPal passwords. "It's been brought to my attention that when testing paying with mobile at Cafe 17 last week, some of you refused to install the PayPal app (!!?!?!!), and others didn't even remember their PayPal password. That's unacceptable to

Amazon.com says it's hiring more than 2,500 full-time workers at its order fulfillment centers around the U.S. Amazon plans to announce Wednesday that the jobs are available in Chester, Va., and Petersburg, Va.; Coffeyville, Kan.; Columbia, S.C.; Dupont, Wash.; and Murfreesboro, Tenn. The world's largest online retailer says last year it hired more than 20,000 people at its fulfillment centers, with more than half starting out as seasonal workers. Amazon says the median income for people working at its order fulfillment facilities is higher than at traditional retailers. 

Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookstore chain, is cutting jobs as revenue at its Nook tablet unit continues to shrink. "As we've aligned Nook's cost structure with business realities, staffing levels in certain areas of our organization have changed, leading to some job eliminations," Mary Ellen Keating, a spokeswoman for the New York-based retailer, said in an email. She declined to say how many jobs were cut and from what areas of the company. Barnes & Noble reduced Nook prices during the holidays amid continued competition from Apple's iPad. 

Home Depot said Wednesday it will hire 6,300 associates in Canada to support its spring busy season, down from last year's plan for 6,700 employees. Home Depot and peer Lowe's have been a rare bright spot in the retail sector as they continue to benefit from the U.S. housing recovery. Rising home prices and improvements in home construction and new home sales have led homeowners to open their wallets for remodeling projects or big-ticket items. The home improvement retailer said it will hire full-time, part-time and seasonal workers across its 180 Canada locations.

Wal-Mart said on Tuesday it would invest about $500 million this year to strengthen its presence in Canada, creating more than 7,500 jobs including construction. The investments include more than $376 million for store projects, $91 million for distribution networks to expand fresh food capability and $31 million for e-commerce projects. Wal-Mart's expansion plans comes a week after Target said it would open nine new stores across Canada, adding to the 124 it opened last year.