Short Cuts

Chris McCann has been appointed president of 1-800-Flowers.com, Westbury, NY. Also, Guy Minetti has been named vice chairman of the board, and Bill Shea has been promoted to the position of chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and administration.

Farley Nachemin has been named vice president/general merchandise manager for Gump’s By Mail catalog. Gump’s is owned by Hanover Direct Inc., Weehawken, NJ.

Direct marketing services provider Harte-Hanks, Shawnee, KS, is debuting the CME Channel, a Web site for continuing medical education. In a separate program, Harte-Hanks is offering pharmaceutical marketers a distribution program to get prescription drug samples to physicians and sales reps.