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Source article recaps QVC’s 2009 performance in its home market and abroad. Among the details: QVC Japan lowered price points and sold less jewelry in the fourth quarter for a 17% increase in unit sales. In European news, QVC will begin airing in Italy in the fourth quarter of this year. www.DiamondNe.ws Mar. 3, 2010
Tags: QVC, QVC Japan
Apparently, the couture furrier, who moonlights designing and selling ready-to-wear, faux furs on QVC, cares greatly about the proper handling and storage of his wares. All coats — at price points high and low — should be hung on custom hangers when put away for any length of time. For quick comings and goings they should be hung on a handy coat rack, and never slung over a piece of furniture. Got that? The New York Times Dec. 7, 2009
QVC iPhone App
In addition to providing robust seach-and-shopping functionality, the application nods in the direction of the social networking craze with “recommend-to-friends” and “remind-me-later” features. What’s more, in a fit of generosity, the retailer is offering the application for free! IntoMobile.com Dec. 4, 2009
Tags: iPhone Application, mobile shopping, QVCFor the first time, QVC will sully itself and jump into the fray of ‘Black Friday’ shenanigans in the hope of promoting among Holiday shoppers a ‘couch potato mentality’ to keep them from rushing out to the mall at the crack of dawn. Among the programming highlights will be a telethon-like show with host Dave James, who will stay awake, selling, for 28 hours… Associated Press Nov. 23, 2009
Tags: Black Friday, QVCBeginning in the fall of next year, QVC will distribute Liz Claiborne’s New York brand of apparel, which is produced in collaboration with designer Isaac Misrahi. Dow Jones Newswires Oct. 8, 2009
Tags: Isaac Mizrahi, Lis Claiborne, QVCAnne Byrn, a.k.a. The Cake Mix Doctor and has a new cookbook out called The Cake Mix Doctor Returns, and she’s making appearances on QVC, in addition to heading out on a publicity tour. Byrn will appear at 10:15 a.m. Saturday at The Big Read, an annual book festival in Clayton, MO, to speak and sign copies of the book. Byrn’s upcoming appearances on QVC and publicity schedule are available on her blog here. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct. 7, 2009
Tags: Anne Byrn, QVC, The Cake Mix DoctorSome 51,000 sets of Paula Dean Hammered Cast Iron Cookware sold by QVC on TV, the web and its employee stores from October 2007 through July 2009 have been recalled by the retailer, after 79 reports of cracking or shattering during heating. The products were manufactured by Meyer Trading Company in China. ConsumerAffairs.com US Recall News Oct. 6, 2009
Tags: Paula Dean Cookware, QVCQVC priced $1 billion in 10-year senior secured notes, double the size of the proposed offering that it announced last week. “Proceeds will be used to purchase and retire borrowings under its senior secured credit facilities.” Dow Jones Newswires via The Wall Street Journal Sept. 22, 2009
Tags: QVC, senior secured notes offeringCelebrity stylist and Bravo star Rachel Zoe will debut a line of affordable clothing and accessories from Bryant Park during New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on QVC, September 12, from 8-11 p.m. EDT. Charlotte Examiner (NC) Sept. 4, 2009
Tags: QVC, Rachel ZoeA suit brought by French jewelry giant Van Cleef & Arpels alleges that cloverleaf designs in The Heidi Klum Collection — which had been sold on QVC — infringe on their trademark designs. Klum has cried foul, but has pulled out of pitching the line on QVC. Fabsugar asks whether discontinuing the lines is tantamount to an admission of guild by Klum in a poll here. New York Daily News Aug. 10, 2009
Tags: Hei, QVC, The Heid Klum Collection, trademark suit, Van Cleef & Arpels