QVC
Dates
- Existence: 1986 June 13-
Biography
QVC (Quality Value Convenience) Inc. is the nation's largest electronic retailer, selling a wide variety of merchandise that includes clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics, housewares, and toys. The company sells its products through cable and satellite television, QVC.com, in outlet centers, and via a retail store in the Mall of America. In 2003, the company broadcasted live 24 hours a day, 364 days a year, to over 85 million homes across the United States, 11 million homes in the United Kingdom, 34 million homes in Germany, and over eight million homes in Japan. QVC, which stands for "Quality, Value, and Convenience," grew quickly into an industry powerhouse during the late 1980s and early 1990s due to increases in cable subscription rates, consumers' growing dependence on mail-order shopping, and advances in telecommunications, allowing the company, with its interactive approach, to integrate computers, television, cable, and telephone lines into an "information superhighway." In 2002, QVC handled over 150 million phone calls and shipped over 107 million items.
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Stan Herman interview, 2017 June 20, 2017 June 20
Stan Herman discusses his career as a fashion designer starting in the mid century and continuing into the 2010s with a successful design business for QVC.