QVC

QVC is a West Chester, Pennsylvania based multinational corporation, specialising in televised home shopping. Founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel, QVC broadcasts in four major countries to 141 million consumers. The name is an initialism—standing for "Quality, Value, Convenience"—ostensibly, the three pillars of Segel's vision for the company.

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QVC was founded on June 13, 1986. The first live broadcast took place at 7:30 ET on November 24 of that year. Hosts Kathy Levine and Bob Bowersox featured a shower radio for $11.49. Initially running live for 16 hours a day, the channel extended its broadcast hours to 24 at the beginning of 1987. The corporation set a new record for first full-year fiscal sales for a new public company of $112 million.

West Chester, Pennsylvania: The Borough of West Chester is the county seat of Chester County, Pennsylvania....

Home shopping: Home shopping commonly refers to the electronic retailing/home shopping channels industry, which includes such billion dollar companies as HSN, QVC, eBay, ShopNBC, Buy.com, and Amazon.com. Home shopping allows consumers to shop for goods while in the privacy of their own home, as opposed to traditi...

1986: 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar....