Home shopping has a new meaning. The time I spent matching tops, bottoms, shoes and purses saved me loads of prep time for my next date, meeting, appointment, etc. Most of the quality time shopping at home was spent coordinating the items I rarely wear leaving everyday and very casual items to a more free-style mood selection process. I’m no longer worried about what to wear to dinner Monday night, or what I’ll wear if/when he asks me out! It’s all there, and it’s been there just waiting for me to make the time to pull it all together. Do I feel relieved? Yes. Do I feel as though my time was well-spent? Yes. Do I need to buy more clothes? Of course, but not this weekend! I’ll save that activity for next week, or maybe after I’ve had a chance to wear everything currently in my closet at least once!
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Home Shopping Network, QVC Plan to Merge
PHILADELPHIA Rapidly expanding its dominance of televised home shopping under former Fox Inc. Chairman Barry Diller, QVC Network Inc. proposed Monday a billion-dollar merger with chief competitor Home Shopping Network Inc.
News of the move to create a home shopping giant boosted shares of both firms in heavy trading on Wall Street.
Analysts, who had long anticipated a merger, said it would benefit both QVC and Home Shopping Network, but there were also warnings that it could be anti-competitive.
Reflecting Wall Street's view that the merger will be good for both companies, Home Shopping Network shares bounced $1 higher to $13.62 1/2 on the New York Stock Exchange and QVC shares ...
News of the move to create a home shopping giant boosted shares of both firms in heavy trading on Wall Street.
Analysts, who had long anticipated a merger, said it would benefit both QVC and Home Shopping Network, but there were also warnings that it could be anti-competitive.
Reflecting Wall Street's view that the merger will be good for both companies, Home Shopping Network shares bounced $1 higher to $13.62 1/2 on the New York Stock Exchange and QVC shares ...
Home Shopping Network/Qvc http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100597
Home Shopping Network (HSN) and Quality, Value, Convenience (QVC) were responsible for a historic change in American consumer habits, and have become as much a feature of television as religious channels. These two cable television channels feature live broadcasts of themed sales presentations, 24 hours per day, during which viewers can call a toll-free telephone number, speak with the presenters live on the air, and order the products.
Home Shopping Network got its start in 1977 when a Clearwater, Florida, radio station agreed to accept an advertiser's merchandise in lieu of payment of an overdue bill. Saddled with 112 electric can openers, the station manager offered them for sale on the air. When they sold out instantly and callers clamored for other products, he established a regularly scheduled radio show called Suncoast Bargaineers. In 1981, the show moved to a local access cable channel in a Tampa Bay area and was given a new name: Home Shopping Channel. In 1985, it was renamed Home Shopping Network (HSN) and transmitted 24 hours per day through cable and broadcast television to a national audience, becoming a publicly quoted company on the American Stock Exchange in 1986.
In 1990, HSN stock became available on the New York Stock Exchange, and in 1995 Barry Diller, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Fox, was welcomed as Chairman of the Board of HSN. James Held, Senior Vice-President of Bloomingdale's department store was named President and CEO. In 1997, HSN's parent company (HSN, Inc.) acquired a controlling interest in Ticketmaster, the world's largest special events ticketing company. In 1998, after purchasing the majority of Universal Studios Inc.'s television assets, HSN, Inc. changed its name to USA Networks, Inc., and purchased the remainder of Ticketmaster. That year also saw the premiere of a Home Shopping Channel in Spanish, the result of a partnership with Univision. With 4,000 employees and more than five million active customers, by 1998 HSN had become an electronic retailing giant rivaled only by one other conglomerate: QVC.
Home Shopping Network got its start in 1977 when a Clearwater, Florida, radio station agreed to accept an advertiser's merchandise in lieu of payment of an overdue bill. Saddled with 112 electric can openers, the station manager offered them for sale on the air. When they sold out instantly and callers clamored for other products, he established a regularly scheduled radio show called Suncoast Bargaineers. In 1981, the show moved to a local access cable channel in a Tampa Bay area and was given a new name: Home Shopping Channel. In 1985, it was renamed Home Shopping Network (HSN) and transmitted 24 hours per day through cable and broadcast television to a national audience, becoming a publicly quoted company on the American Stock Exchange in 1986.
In 1990, HSN stock became available on the New York Stock Exchange, and in 1995 Barry Diller, former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Fox, was welcomed as Chairman of the Board of HSN. James Held, Senior Vice-President of Bloomingdale's department store was named President and CEO. In 1997, HSN's parent company (HSN, Inc.) acquired a controlling interest in Ticketmaster, the world's largest special events ticketing company. In 1998, after purchasing the majority of Universal Studios Inc.'s television assets, HSN, Inc. changed its name to USA Networks, Inc., and purchased the remainder of Ticketmaster. That year also saw the premiere of a Home Shopping Channel in Spanish, the result of a partnership with Univision. With 4,000 employees and more than five million active customers, by 1998 HSN had become an electronic retailing giant rivaled only by one other conglomerate: QVC.
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