Melissa Etheridge
Singer-songwriter (and badass rocker) Melissa Etheridge will debut her new album — Fearless Love — this Tuesday on QVC. The album will be offered for advance sale, and packed with a special bonus disc, two weeks before its street release. UPI Apr. 16, 2010
Judy Schmeling
Members of the Florida Institute for Chief Financial Officers elected HSN Inc. CFO Judy Schmeling to the organization’s board of directors earlier this month. fiCFO is a not-for-profit business league designed to bring together chief financial officers of companies that have annual revenue in excess of $50 million to share best practices and experiences. Tampa Bay Business Journal Apr. 14, 2010
U.S. retail sales rose 1.6% in March compared to the prior month with gains spread broadly across sectors. Pent-up demand was cited as a factor, but one economist warned, “To maintain this momentum, we’ve got to see a pickup in job creation.” The New York Times Apr. 14, 2010
Details about an 11:00 a.m. (ET) conference call on that day are available in this HSN Press Release. Apr. 14, 2010
B GREEN Innovations , a Matawan, New Jersey-based corporation, has announced that its VibeAway® pads — which reduce the noise, vibration and even “walking” of major appliances, such as washing machines — will be sold on QVC. The company’s press release suggests that VibeAway is an “environmentally responsible acoustical product.” I never knew I needed such a thing, but I definitely don’t wany any part of “walking” washers and dryers. B Green Innovations Press Release Apr. 13, 2010
In a great example of a brand’s appealing to both high- and middle-brow tastes, Sally Hershberger, who will return to HSN in June, earned a positive shout-out from Vanity Fair Beauty Blogger SunHee Grinnell. Her exact words, “Sally rocked on HSN— catch her if you can!” So here is a question: If those in the outer orbit of the Condé Nast universe like Ms. Grinnell can so cavalierly laud an HSN pitchwomen (albeit one with NYC salon bona fides), can it be long before we see Anna Wintour hawking a Vogue collection on one of the DRTV networks? That would be a sight. Vanity Fair Apr. 13, 2010
