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Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

sunshine45 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:03:31 GMT

Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Qurate Retail Group, the West Chester company that owns the QVC home-shopping service, plans to shut its QVC warehouse in Lancaster and end more than 2,000 jobs over the next two years as it moves to consolidate its recent purchases of St. Petersburg-based TV-shopping rival HSN and Seattle-based online-shopping service Zulily.

via philly.com

http://www2.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-phillydeals/qurate-plans-2000-layoffs-will-shut-qvc-lancaster-warehouse-hire-1200-in-bethlehem-20181017.html

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Bird mama — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:05:45 GMT

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Bird mama — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:10:50 GMT

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/qurate-retail-group-announces-initiatives-to-deliver-long-term-growth-300732428.html

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Bird mama — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:13:25 GMT

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/retail/HSN-to-cut-hundreds-of-workers-as-it-merges-with-QVC-under-new-QXH-business-unit_172737721

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Mz iMac — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:13:31 GMT

QXH

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Sweetbay magnolia — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:20:40 GMT

Thanks, @sunshine45. I can count on you for breaking news like this!

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

kaydee50 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:21:31 GMT

Maybe QVC will no longer be able keep items in stock for years and will mark them down to get rid of them. One can only hope--LOL!!!

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Bird mama — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:21:37 GMT

Isn't Ingenious Designs LLC. a subsidiary of HSN - Joy Mangano's company (at one time)?

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

sunshine45 — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:26:00 GMT

yes @Bird mama, it is the company behind joy manganos products, that hsn owned and now QURATE owns. joy mangano is the president and founder.

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Sooner — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:40:19 GMT

Sounds like QVC isn't doing so well. . .

Re: Qurate plans 2,000 layoffs, will shut QVC Lancaster warehouse, hire 1,200 in Bethlehem

Suzeecat — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:46:53 GMT

I'm so sorry for the people who will lose their jobs. Hopefully the upside will be a more efficient system for getting our orders out to customers on a more timely basis.

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goldensrbest — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:47:23 GMT

Seems to me ,the owners are doing very well, as usual the little guy gets out of a job.

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mom2four — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:51:20 GMT

Very sad to see all the layoffs, particularly in the area that I am from.

I knew when these two companies came under the same umbrella, it was not good news.

I don't think it's been good for the consumer, and certainly not for the employees as well. Sad to see.

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MomCat — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:53:25 GMT

I think this is probably normal when companies merge and make changes. Hopefully it will be for the best. I heard this morning that there are way more jobs in this country than people to fill them at the moment, so employment shouldn't be a problem.

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mom2four — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:03:31 GMT

Yes, I hope you're right, because I think those numbers need to be taken in context.

I am losing my job at the end of Nov, as have MANY employees at my large employer, and they have feverishly been trying to fill positions in 3 large locations now, in cheaper, warmer climates.

So, if you are laying off employees and hiring elsewhere, how do those numbers play out?? I always wondered about that.

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ShowMe — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:16:31 GMT

Yesterday I received an email from QVC.....It was a questionnaire. Very lengthy, and yes, I responded. Did any of you get this email too? It had a lot of questions about their other owned businesses.....HSN, etc. Questions about if they had a store in the town I live in would I take returns to them, etc. Wanted to know of the other places I shop on line.....like Kohls, Nordstroms, etc., and asked if I would purchase Clinique from the Q if they offered it. It took quite a while to complete it, but I did it. Will be interesting to see if they make changes.

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JYWilliams — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:36:32 GMT

Yes, I got the questionnare about two weeks ago. It also had a few questions about Amazon on it.

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Mj12 — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:51:11 GMT

Yes, I received the survey about 3 weeks ago. It was long, and asked many questions about Amazon shopping/experiences. And yes it had some questions about purchasing an item online but returning to a store.

ETA - not important but I just looked in my email to see when I got the survey - September 18.

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ShowMe — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:52:35 GMT

@JYWilliams wrote:
Yes, I got the questionnare about two weeks ago. It also had a few questions about Amazon on it.

@JYWilliams.....guess they are wondering where all their business is going. There were so many places mentioned, and that is why I didn't mention all of them.

The Q really needs to quit getting so expensive. Really have noticed the increased amount clothing is starting to cost.....and have better sales.....

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ShowMe — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:01:41 GMT

I know I have started shopping on line with several different on line stores.....like Shop National and The Vermont Country Store. Have been very satisfied with them. Don't think I will ever quit shopping at the Q because I really like D&C and several others.