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2011 QStar Awards

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Recently, more than 100 vendors, invited guests and QVC team members gathered at Studio Park to celebrate the 2011 QStar Awards. Each year QVC honors the best of the best in our vendor community who set new standards of success while exemplifying our values.

Congratulations to our 2011 QStar Award Winners who were each chosen because they best represent their QStar category. At the event, many of the winners expressed that working with QVC provides them with a strong partnership and a sense of community which are so important to our shared strategy for success.

Congratulations to the 2011 QStar Winners!

Customer Choice	Bare Escentuals
Customer Experience	Honora
Guest Excellence	Angel Smedley for Quacker Factory
Most Innovative	Milor
Multichannel Teamwork	Roberta’s, Inc.
Operational Excellence	philosophy
QVC Product Concept of the Year	Luminara
Rising Star	Vasyli, LLC (Orthaheel)
Vendor of the Year	Milor

Vendor of the Year!

The Vendor of the Year is selected from the pool of QStar Award Winners and is the vendor whose performance best reflects all of the criteria across all of the awards. This year's choice was Milor – a family owned jewelry company that has been an outstanding partner for more than twenty years and continues to set the standard for excellence in creating an exceptional customer experience. You may recognize Milor for such familiar brands as VicenzaGold, Arte d'Oro, Arte d'Argento, Veronese and Steel by Design, to name a few.

When you consider the thousands of vendors we work with, being nominated is quite an honor. Winning is an amazing achievement.

QVC’s vendor community is made up of the most innovative and forward thinking companies in our industry. Together we continue to deliver an exceptional brand experience to our customers.

Salim Mouhadab and Josef Mouhadab of Milor accept the Vendor of the Year Award with QVC President and CEO Mike George and the QVC Team.

Angel Smedley and Rick Long of Quacker Factory receive accolades for their QStar Customer Choice nomination in the Fashion category.

Jessica Foust (center) proudly accepts the QStar Customer Choice Award on behalf of Bare Escentuals. Joining her are Michaelann Vankirk, QVC Director of Sales, Beauty (left) and QVC Program Host Jayne Brown.

QVC Program Host Jayne Brown interviews Doug Howe, QVC Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Planning and Sales.

Candice Burd and Glenn Klages of philosophy accepted the 2011 QStar Award for Operational Excellence from presenter Mike Appleby, QVC Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance and Inbound Supply Chain (center).

Angel Smedley of Quacker Factory was awarded the 2011 QStar Award for Guest Excellence. QVC presenter Angie Simmons, Executive Vice President, Multichannel Platforms, looks on.

Salim Mouhadab (center) of Milor, recipient of the 2011 QStar Awards for Vendor of the Year and Most Innovative, is joined by Mike George, QVC President and CEO, and Diane Paccione, QVC Vice President, Merchandising, Jewelry and Beauty.

Mike O’Shaughnessy (center) of Luminara proudly accepts the 2011 QStar Award for Product Concept of the Year, for their Luminara Battery Operated Pillar Flameless Candle. Alongside Mike are Vendor Representative Dennis D’Angelo of Retail and Ecommerce Solutions, and Susan Benton, QVC Director, Merchandising.

John Hunter, QVC Executive Vice President of Customer Fulfillment Services (center) presented the 2011 QStar Award for Customer Experience to Honora CEO Joel Schechter (right) and President Ralph Rossini (left).

Roberta’s, Inc. was honored with the 2011 QStar Award for Multichannel Teamwork. Accepting are Kevin Wallien (center), Koort Wallien (left) and Eric Wallien (right). Also pictured is Pam Hardgrove, QVC Vice President, Sales, who presented the Roberta’s team with their award.

The team from Vasyli, LLC (Orthaheel) accepts their 2011 QStar Award for Rising Star. Pictured from left to right are: Bruce Campbell, QVC Buyer David Vallin, Steve Mabb, Chris Gallagher, Craig Angell and Karl Schroeder, QVC Director, Merchandising.