What is the point of calling QVC a store?

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

I put this in fashion because Amy Stran does this constantly in her shows. I"m sure its intentional, but I can't figure out why.

chrystaltree · ‎05-10-2010

QVC is a store, if it's not a store what is it ???? They have merchandise to sell, we buy that merchandise, we pay for it. That's a store. QVC is a retailer.

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

@depglass Because it is an online store!

RetRN · ‎10-01-2013

@depglass wrote:
I put this in fashion because Amy Stran does this constantly in her shows. I"m sure its intentional, but I can't figure out why.

What would you prefer it be called? I call it a shopping channel. B&M are stores to me.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

I'm not sure what else it would be...

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gizmogal · ‎05-09-2014

In the sense that it offers shopping experiences and sells products to consumers, QVC is a store. In the sense that it hasn’t a physical presence for shoppers, no physically displayed merchandise, no cashier, no way to immediately carry home a purchase, it’s really a digital or online retailer. In the sense that society and technology have already coined a very accepted name for this type of entity, it is called a shopping channel.

Why does it matter what any host calls it, except if you own up that it might be a personal irk hearing it other than what you conceive QVC to be? Do you also argue that the checkout feature should not be called a shopping cart or use that symbol so literally??

A rose by any other name is still a rose. Whatever you call QVC is probably just as right as what someone else calls it.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@depglass.

Store:

noun

an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis

If you consider a store to be a just a building, you're woefully behind the times.

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Tadaki · ‎03-10-2010

@depglass wrote:
I put this in fashion because Amy Stran does this constantly in her shows. I"m sure its intentional, but I can't figure out why.

I don't know why she does it, but I don't consider it a store. It just consists of warehouses all over the country from which orders are shipped. I also don't consider Amazon a store.

BirkiLady · ‎02-22-2015

@depglass What would you call it? QVC is a full-service retail store, as Amazon and a host of others. Even brick and motar businesses offer on-line shopping. It's where the money and convenience is for our lifestyle. Pay attention to Wall Street! Welcome to retail in this century.

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