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[Mi47]

NBC news just announced the merger between the two.  WOW

[MickD]

Whoa!

[ValuSkr]

There's no stopping them now!   

[itiswhatitis]

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@Mi47 wrote:

NBC news just announced the merger between the two.  WOW

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Liberty Interactive just purchased HSN.  Not a merger.

[QVCgirlie]

I just saw this in the news and had to rewind it as I wasn't sure I was hearing what I was hearing! I was just coming to the forum to start a dialog about this... And you already started a post.  They said the purpose is to be more competitive with on line sales. I am shocked!  I wonder how and when this will all go down and what changes we will see.  I do shop on both networks but prefer QVC. I do most all of my shopping on the Q, a lot of shopping!  It will be interesting to see how they merge product lines and channels.  I hope a lot of people don't lose their jobs! 

[luvlyf]

I just saw this, too, on NBC Nightly News and about fell off my chair!!!  I have been shopping with the Q for 25 years and don't know what this is going to mean.   If it means free S& H on everything, then I'm in!  ha! ha!  They need to get with the times!  Maybe this is why the Q just hired so many newbies, because some of the oldies aren't happy about this and will be leaving?  Who knows? All speculation, but  I will be anxious to see how this all goes down, especially how and when!!

[Skyegirl21]

Wow, this is big news.  It's never good for shoppers when there is less competition... 😳

[Susan Louise]

Well, this is MHO about it...

To me, HSN is like a Wally World. I don't find most of their brands nearly as good as most of the brands that QVC offers. There are a few exceptions of coarse...those brands that go from one shopping channel to another....ie like Emeril (have his crab cakes on auto delivery ). Even those brands I mostly find they should stay with HSN.

QVC already took over Zulily...which I thought was like them taking over an online dollar store. From the merchandise I have viewed and only purchased from them once...and the item was junk (again, MHO)...

So QVC merged with an online Wally World-type and a dollar store-type. I'm just not impressed.

Sometimes when a company gets too big for it's britches it emplodes too. It will be interesting how this will pan out in the future.

Will hosts interchange on the shows/channels? Will they all be called QVC eventually? Or will HSN become QVC3? Or will it have a new name...QVCHSNZully? Will Zulily become QVC4 someday?

Now don't get me wrong...I am a QVC fan...just not of the latest changes. I am much more of a skeptic than optomistic of this change.

I have bought from HSN about 8 times in 15 yrs. In comparison, the other 99% has been purchased through QVC.

I'm sure there are folks who shop totally the opposite of me and who love Zulily too. Everyone is different  

[Shiloh09]

Parent company of QVC already owned a little over 25% of HSN...they just purchased the rest. Though I have only purchased one item from HSN, their parent company, cornerstone,  also own (???) Frontgate, Ballard Designs, and improvements among others. From what I have read, the two will continue to operate independently

[Drythe]

IMO. That explains the sinking quality.