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Leslie Agerland, director, online program development for e-retailer ShopNBC.com, also will speak at a session called Finding and fostering call center stars during the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, which will be held in Boston next week. Internet Retailer June 11, 2009
Tags: Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition, Leslie AgerlandIAC/InterActiveCorp CEO Barry Diller, giving the keynote address at the Advertising 2.0 conference in New York this week, characterized the prevelance of free content on the web as, “an accidental historical moment that will absolutely be corrected.” He went on to cite the Apple’s iTunes online store — with its convenient, streamlined payments — as a model for paid content on the web. CNET June 10, 2009
Tags: Barry Diller, IAC, iTunes, paid contentTony Little partner Kevin Harrington is planning a new reality TV series for ABC TV called Shark Tank, in which aspiring marketers will pitch Harrington and four other investor-moguls on infomercial-friendly, new products. St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) June 10, 2009
Tags: ABC TV, Kevin Harrington, Shark Tank, tvgoods.comQVC will feature three hours of live programming from the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo., on Sunday, June 21st, beginning at 11 a.m. (ET). KitchenAid will be one of the featured product lines. QVC will also break from its traditional retailing format — at least on the web — to deliver the sights and sounds of this annual gathering. Cooking demonstrationss and celebrity chef interviews will be available by live Webcast on QVC.com, at 2 p.m. (ET). The Gourmet Retailer June 11, 2009
Tags: Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, KitchenAid, QVCThe cuts represent a 4% fulfillment center workforce reduction, as HSN employs some 450 people at its Roanoke fulfillment facility, plus an additional 400 sales and service people at its call center nearby, in Bonsack, VA. The Roanoke Times (VA) Jun. 9, 2009
Tags: HSN, job cuts, workforce reductionIn hopes of drawing new viewers, Gems TV (UK) plans to strike design deals with, just-out-of-college, UK jewelry designers, and also expand its non-jewelry offerings, such as giftware and collectables, according to operations director Vanessa Gillgrass. Retail Jeweler (UK) June 8, 2009
Tags: Gems TVAccess Hollywood reports that the television star was surreptitiously promoting a dry shampoo (which she planned to sell on QVC) during her appearances on NBC’s reality show I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here. A QVC representative denied reports of an imminent partnership with Ms. Pratt. Access Hollywood Jun. 4, 2009
Tags: Heidi Pratt nee Montag, I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here, QVCBritney Spears is the new face of Candie’s clothing for juniors, Maria Sharapova shills for Cole Haan, and Iman is with HSN. Source link also has updates on Magic Johnson’s wife, Natalie Portman and a reality TV “star” named Justine Simmons. Lansing State Journal (MI)
Tags: Britney Spears, HSN, Iman, Maria Sharapova