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Revenue at 1-800-Flowers declined 11.6% in the three months ending March 29, mostly as a result of moves to improve marketing effectiveness and profitability, the company said before the earnings call.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“Disciplined cost management and strong contract execution have supported profitability despite revenue declines,” noted Louie DiPalma, an analyst at William Blair, in a research note Friday.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

DBS said previously that the company’s server business could achieve sustainable profitability from the new fiscal year as deployments scale and liquid cooling becomes standard in new AI data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

His predecessor, CEO Carlos Tavares, resigned in December 2024, after deteriorating profitability caused in part by sky-high North American dealer inventories.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

This is profitability even by modern Wall Street standards: if the Dow Jones average had risen a similar amount since World War II, the index would now stand at over twenty thousand.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro