Wet, chilly weather in much of the country — certainly the northeast — in June contributed to another poor showing for same-store sales, which are expected to be down by 4.8%, the same rate of decline as in May, when retailers report results tomorrow. The drop would mark the 10th straight month of same-store-sales declines, the longest since Thomson Reuters began collecting the data in 2000. Dow Jones Newswires via The Wall Street Journal July 7, 2009
Jul 082009
Temple has been selling on the DRTV networks for some 25 years, making a specialty of timepieces since 1992. National Jeweler July 6, 2009
An Insider’s Guide to Selling Products to the Shopping Networks (from the 2004 Archives)
DRTV Retailer, Featured, How-To
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Jul 062009
Here is a dated but interesting piece about how to sell a product to the TV shopping networks by Anthony Giombetti, who heads up media relations for ShopNBC. Anthony, recommendations from 2004 still accurate, or do you have any updates for us? Cracking the Buyer Code at Live Shopping Networks in Internet Retailer, Nov. 2004 (in .pdf format) Same article converted to .html
Jul 032009
Joy Clymer shows off her "Party on the Go" invention
Medical transcriptionist (and now inventor) Joy Clymer set about making a travel container for deviled eggs, after a batch of hers fared poorly on their way to a barbeque. A little research online led her to Davison, a new product development firm, and, together, they developed Party on the Go, a versatile food storage container that went on to become a Today’s Special Value on QVC. Davison Press Release on MarketWatch July 1, 2009
