In an interview yesterday morning, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds (R) announced his support of the Main Street Fairness Act, sponsored by Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) which would make it easier for states to charge sales taxes on catalog, mail order and internet sales. One analysis of the mail order and internet sales tax exemption by the Brookings Institution found that the amount of lost sales tax in 2008 was $3.9 billion.
Republican Governor Supports Democratic House Member’s Plan to End Internet Tax Exemption
Catalog, Distribution Channel, DRTV Retailer, Infomercial, Mobile telephone, Worldwide Web
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Jul 302010
Jewelry Designer Carolyn Pollack Designs and Donates Necklace for QVC’s Super Saturday Event
Jewelry (fine), Philanthropy, Product Categories
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Jul 302010
Along with some 200 other designers, Carolyn Pollack is donating product from her inventory to QVC for sale during the network’s Super Saturday event, during which viewers will have the chance to purchase items at half the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Net proceeds from the items purchased by QVC shoppers will be donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). Pollack’s gift is a quantity of 440 handcrafted sterling silver and turquoise necklaces produced by her Albuquerque-based company Relios specifically for the event. The quantity has a retail value of over $100,000. Last year’s QVC Super Saturday event raised $3.4 million for OCRF. Carolyn Pollack Jewelry Press Release Jul. 29, 2010
Pamela McCoy is debuting her new fall apparel collection today on ShopNBC during a “Meet the Designers” event at 1 pm, and 5 pm ET. (She has already made three TV appearances — at 12 a.m., 4 a.m., 8 a.m. ET — and a webcast appearance at 1 a.m. ET.) In an announcedment, the network explained that the event “focuses on the designers behind the collections, and will feature the return of Omar Torres jewelry, plus new arrivals from Anuschka Handbags, Christian Audigier Watches and Gems en Vogue II.” Details on new items from The Pamela McCoy Collection appear after the jump. Continue reading »
Chuck Woolery to Return to ShopNBC August 3rd
Product Categories, Sports/Sporting goods, Talent
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Jul 302010
ShopNBC has announced the next visit of TV personality and outdoor sporting enthusiast Chuck Woolery. His eponymous show is scheduled in the retailer’s online program guide next Tuesday, August 3rd at 1 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET.
Zalemark to Launch New TV Shopping Network, LuxTV, This Fall
Distribution Channel, DRTV Retailer, Featured, Worldwide Web
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Jul 292010
Zalemark Holding Company Inc., the California-based jewelry design and manufacturing company, plans to launch a new home shopping network September 1st, according to an exclusive story in National Jeweler (Jul. 28, 2010). The network, called LuxTV, will make use of the remaining assets of now-defunct multimedia retailer Gems TV, which Zalemark expects to purchase in the coming days. Those assets include Gems TV’s former headquarters in Reno, Nevada, where the new network will also be based. LuxTV will offer nearly all the Zalemark brands–Demeter, Steven Zale Beverly Hills, B. Smith and Paris Blues (Badgley Mishka and Seventeen jewelry will not be included)–as well as other jewelry lines, at steep discounts both on-air and on the Internet at ShopLuxTV.com.” LuxTV’s initial market will be 40 million households in all 50 states through distribution on the Dish Network, DIRECTV and various cable stations. The company will be run independently of Zalemark as LuxTV Inc., with Matt Chao serving as president. Future plans call for an expansion of the network’s merchandise into branded shoes, handbags and ladies’ accessories, with an emphasis on celebrity-endorsed lines.
QVC’s Mike George to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Friday Morning
Remote broadcast
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Jul 292010
QVC’s president and ceo will take the opportunity to promote the network’s Super Saturday Live remote broadcast from the Hamptons on Long Island’s east end, which will begin July 31 at 2 PM ET. This two-hour “designer charity sale” will feature premier fashion, beauty, jewelry, accessories and home pieces at 50% off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price with net proceeds benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF). Dr. Peter Dottino, a member of the OCRF Board Executive Committee, will Mike George at the ringing of the NASDAQ Opening Bell. QVC Press Release Jul. 29, 2010
Jewelry Television Announces New, Documentary-style DVD on Tanzanite
CDs/DVDs, Product Categories
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Jul 292010
Jewelry Television yesterday announced the premiere of a new addition to its Gemstone Adventure Series collection of DVD documentaries. Tanzanite: The One Generation Gemstone follows JTV gemologists to Arusha, Tanzania (where the stone is mined) and to Jaipur, India (where it is cut, faceted, polished). The DVD is offered for sale at jtv.com for $19.99, plus shipping and handling. Jewelry Television Press Release Jul. 28, 2010
QVC Records Biggest Ever Christmas-in-July Sale
Distribution Channel, DRTV Retailer, Worldwide Web
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Jul 292010
QVC has announced that last weekend’s Christmas in July event was its biggest ever with retail sales of $46.5 million, representing a 14 percent increase over the prior year. Anchoring the product line-up were several gift and Holiday decor big sellers, including the Bethlehem Lights Ready Shape 6.5′ Noble Fir Tree featuring, the Rubik’s Slide Signature Edition Electronic Handheld Game, Disney Princess & Me 18” Fashion Dolls and a Hello Kitty Plush toy. “Additional top selling brands included specialty gift bags, boxes and wrap from Isaac Mizrahi; home fragrance from Slatkin & Co; great gifts for the gourmet from Kansas City Steak Co., Mrs. Prindable’s Apples, Harry London Gourmet Chocolate, Harry & David and Godiva.” QVC Press Release Jul. 28, 2010
Jul 292010
QVC announced the hiring of its first ever “Multi-Media Host” — Atlanta native Courtney Cason — on the network’s Facebook page yesterday. The “wall posting” said that Cason would “pop up” in QVC’s YouTube, Twitter and Facebook content, as well as on QVC.com. A reel of Cason’s prior work as a lottery host, TV personality and news presenter is available on YouTube here.
Jul 282010
According to a study in The Journal of Consumer Research, low- and high-end fashion products tend to have less conspicuous brand markers than midprice goods. “Rather than rely on obvious logos, expensive products use more discreet markers, such as distinctive design or detailing.” The New York Times Jul. 26, 2010
