"A bad sign? How's that?" Jacob is rather curious and mildly confused. Isn't no news good news? Or, something like that...

"It's doing well enough for the district I'm in. It's not quite as popular as I would like, but I've had a few customers that I hope are putting my name out there." People like Lazarus, or his girlfriend, and maybe even Nux, indirectly. But, those are minor details and it would be rude to disclose customer and potential customer names. And money's not particularly a problem. He just wants to help people be happy with his flower shop.