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QVC gives 700 employees their walking papers

QVC Inc. is jettisoning 700 jobs, or about 5.8% of its U.S. workforce, to trim operating costs. The TV and web retailer will save up to $40 million annually by laying off employees at its West Chester, PA, distribution center and elsewhere.

Posted 11/13/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

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QVC.com posts a modest increase in Q1 domestic sales

QVC’s domestic web sales grew by 4.5% in Q1 to $282.2 million, but it was Liberty Media’s niche online retailers that posted the fastest growth. Online revenue for Liberty Interactive, which includes Provide Commerce and BackCountry.com, grew by 113%.

Posted 05/14/2008Bill BriggsPost a comment

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QVC U.S. web sales grow moderately in Q3

QVC’s domestic web sales grew by 12.8% in the third quarter while overall U.S. sales rose by only 2%. The web accounted for 21% of QVC’s Q3 U.S. sales, compared with 19% in the prior year.

Posted 11/09/2007Don DavisPost a comment

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QVC tops the $800 million online domestic sales mark

TV and web retailer QVC Inc. grew its domestic web sales 13% in 2005 while total sales increased 12%.

Posted 03/08/2006Mark BrohanPost a comment

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QVC grows January to June e-commerce revenues by 30%

QVC, a business unit of Liberty Media Corp., reported U.S. e-commerce revenues of $360 million for the first six months of 2005, compared with web sales of $277.1 million for the same period in 2004, an increase of 30%.

Posted 08/09/2005Mark BrohanPost a comment

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Move over PCs; here comes interactive shopping via TV remote

QVC shoppers already can order online in addition to by phone. In the fall, QVC expects to expand to offer shopping via TV remote to 1.3 million U.S. cable TV subscribers, a service it’s been providing in the U.K for the past four years.

Posted 05/11/2004Paul DemeryPost a comment

QVC ties e-commerce site tightly to its TV shopping shows

QVC introduced in July several new features that tie QVC.com more closely to on-air TV programming. The QVC.com home page, for example, offers links to watch live TV and buy the item currently featured on television.

Posted 10/30/2008Internet RetailerPost a comment