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.

Operations

All four QVC networks run 24 hours a day, although live programming hours vary between each region.

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QVC US

QVC's U.S. operations are based in the Studio Park complex in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which houses its corporate headquarters, studio and broadcasting facilities, and distribution warehouse. Call center facilities are located in Chesapeake, Virginia, Port St. Lucie, Florida, and San Antonio, Texas. Additional distribution centers are situated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Suffolk, Virginia, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina, in order to ensure the fastest possible delivery of items.

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U.S. - West Chester, Pennsylvania - Chesapeake, Virginia - Port St. Lucie, Florida - San Antonio, Texas - Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Suffolk, Virginia - Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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QVC U.S. also operates a series of retail stores across the country, including one at the Mall of America in Minnesota.

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Mall of America - Minnesota

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QVC broadcasts 24 hours a day, 364 days a year, to 85 million homes, and ranks as the number two television network in terms of revenue (#1 in home shopping networks), with sales in 2004 giving a net revenue of $4.1 billion.

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QVC UK

The UK arm of the company operates from two venues in the United Kingdom. Corporate headquarters and broadcasting facilities are located at Marco Polo House, in London, while call centre and distribution facilities are situated in Kirkby, on Merseyside. Prior to 1998, these facilities were based at the Albert Dock in Liverpool.

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United Kingdom - Marco Polo House - London - Kirkby - Merseyside - Albert Dock - Liverpool

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QVC UK runs two small outlet stores, one in Warrington, the other in Shrewsbury.

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Warrington - Shrewsbury

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QVC—The Shopping Channel broadcasts live 16 hours a day, 364 days a year, to 15.4 million viewers of cable, satellite, and digital terrestrial services in the UK. Satellite also relays the channel across much of mainland Europe. Retail sales for the year 2004 reached £265 million.

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Cable - Satellite - Digital terrestrial - Europe

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QVC Germany

QVC Deutschland GmbH, incorporated in Düsseldorf, runs call centre operations from two sites in Bochum and Kassel, whilst distribution is handled from a dedicated site in Hückelhoven.

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Düsseldorf - Bochum - Kassel - Hückelhoven

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QVC Germany broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 364 days a year (off-air Christmas Day), with 33.8 million households reached. In 2004, sales of $643 million were made.

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QVC Japan

QVC Japan is based in Makuhari, where its corporate headquarters and call centre facility are located. Distribution facilities are located in Sakura City.

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Makuhari - Sakura City

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QVC Japan broadcasts live 24 hours a day (as of June 2004—previously running for 15 hours—making it the first broadcaster in Japan to run a 24-hour live service), to 7.5 million homes, with $416 million sales in 2004.

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