QVC this week announced it is filing for bankruptcy, which makes this a fitting moment to revisit one of the great retail magic tricks of the modern era: selling people things they did not know they wanted, in real time, from the couch, with a...
Live social shopping company QVC Group has begun voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings to implement a comprehensive prepackaged financial restructuring plan. The plan is outlined in a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA) the company reached with most of its lenders and will “substantially reduce” the company’s debt,...
Television shopping network QVC Group has held confidential talks with creditors to restructure its debt in bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 10), citing unnamed sources. The company, which owns the TV channels QVC and HSN, has been struggling with declining viewership, a $6.6 billion debt load and tax liability, according to the...
Pickleball’s meteoric rise to popularity isn’t a solely physical-world phenomenon anymore. Now, the sport is getting kick-served into cyberspace. QVC — yes, the shopping network — is bringing the sport to streaming with a new partnership with USA Pickleball, the national governing body for the...
August 08, 2024
Amid merchants’ gold rush for young consumers’ social commerce spending, Qurate Retail is focusing on an often-overlooked demographic: Generation X and baby boomer women on social media and other digital platforms. The company, which owns shopping channels QVC and HSN as well as other retail brands such as Garnet Hill and Ballard Designs, shared on […]
February 28, 2024
With consumers increasingly expecting their shoppable media experiences to flow more seamlessly between entertainment and commerce, traditional shopping networks such as HSN and QVC are seeing revenue declines. Qurate Retail,...
July 24, 2023
When was the last time you scrolled past or even watched HSN or QVC? If you’ve ever watched even a few minutes of a stream, you’d know how addicting it...
May 24, 2019
Home shopping tends to take a lot of teasing. However, even in the eCommerce world of 2019, it still manages to be a surprisingly lucrative and competitive space. For example,...
August 07, 2026
QVC Group, the live social shopping company whose brands include QVC and HSN, emerged from bankruptcy with its debt reduced by more than $5 billion, access to a new $600 million asset-based lending facility, and new leadership, the company said in a Thursday (Aug. 6) press release. The news followed QVC Group’s April 16 announcement […]
April 17, 2026
Live social shopping company QVC Group has begun voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings to implement a comprehensive prepackaged financial restructuring plan. The plan is outlined in a Restructuring Support Agreement (RSA)...
February 10, 2026
Television shopping network QVC Group has held confidential talks with creditors to restructure its debt in bankruptcy, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Feb. 10), citing unnamed sources. The company, which owns the TV channels QVC and HSN,...
May 08, 2024
With revenues sliding, Qurate Retail is focused on women over 50 and their discretionary income. The parent company of QVC and HSN on Wednesday (May 8) released quarterly earnings showing its revenues declining 4% year over year,...