Kitchen

[BeccaLou]

You know it's weird but they don't sell me on food, Because everything can't be that great. I feel sick just watching most of the food. But however the Chicken Fried Chicken is wonderful. I made a good decision on that. But I tell myself I need to keep busy and Shop I-Qvc if I am looking for something. That's more pleasant for me. 

[Spurt]

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@maximillion wrote:

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@Spurt wrote:

I'm just so tired of all the SAME products.....its always the ---Spurtle, Evo, Kitchen Aid, Vitamix, Air Fryer.....ZZZZZ  Channel Changer for me....And then add more cooking shows and the same limited products 

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I think the Q is always relying on new viewers/buyers. Some may just be channel surfing.

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@maximillion 

That might be QVC's plan to count on new viewers buying stuff, but that strategy isn't working....For the new viewers they are adding, there are current customers who are tuning out and not buying....their revenues have declined for 4 quarters since 2017 or remained flat (only a change in calculation methods saved them from a 1% total decline in 2018).  I follow their financial reports on the Libertyinteractive website  (parent company) .....

[GenXmuse]

I don’t think David can keep up like he used to. I feel uncomfortable watching him because every time I see him he looks less and less healthy. 

[maximillion]

If the Q's profits are declining, then maybe they shouldn't have bought out HSN. The economy is good, so that's not an excuse. Their shipping issues sure are not helping them any. I figured they keep pushing sales for Mother's Day and graduations because they know that it will take that long to receive your orders!!!

[nomless]

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@maximillion wrote:
If the Q's profits are declining, then maybe they shouldn't have bought out HSN. The economy is good, so that's not an excuse. Their shipping issues sure are not helping them any. I figured they keep pushing sales for Mother's Day and graduations because they know that it will take that long to receive your orders!!!

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@maximillion 

Q did not purchase HSN. Liberty Interactive  / Qurate did.

[BeccaLou]

I have a bad feeling feeling that something bad is coming soon for David's health,  l he actually looks like he is falling a sleep standing up. Because he like jumps and begins to start to talk louder. And he is so more worried about telling us the colors,than the actual demo of the product. Then he also jump and smiles real weird at someone.

[sashamatthews]

I think we know that Mary will take over the ITKW mantle when David either cuts back or retires.  A number of the senior hosts are in their 50s, have made some serious cash as hosts, and are probably looking forward to riding off into the sunset.  Jill Bauer mentioned maybe another five years but not a lot longer than that.  They are training the new hosts so that when the seniors leave, there will be experienced hosts as replacements.  The big issue is will the new ones bring in the revenue in the face of online competition.

[so so]

he comes to work with his appetite. which gets old after a while. I'm sure its his choice on how much he works on air and off. he'll be ok

[Spurt]

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@maximillion wrote:
If the Q's profits are declining, then maybe they shouldn't have bought out HSN. The economy is good, so that's not an excuse. Their shipping issues sure are not helping them any. I figured they keep pushing sales for Mother's Day and graduations because they know that it will take that long to receive your orders!!!

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@maximillion 

I dont thinkit was a good business decision for QVC's parent company, Libertyinteractive to buy troubled HSN while HSN is continuing to experience a 6% decline in sales and no sign of improvement......Reminds me of struggling Sears buying struggling Kmart and look where they are today...... Qurates stale performance cant be considered an exact comparison they are doing LOTS better than where Sears/Kmart were at in their merger....still.......HSN seems like an albatross around QVC's neck, as it seems Liberty Interactive gave QVC the responsibility to turn HSN around.....and you see some crossover of vendors and products on both channels...

Perhaps Libertyinteractive was afraid Amazon might buy HSN....rumor was that after a previous failed attempt at Amazon's own version of an online shopping channel via streaming they were ready to try again.  And maybe hearing that LibertyInteractive  decided to make a move to foil the competition... who knows.

Some background:

In 2017 Amazon Style Code Live seemed like the perfect bridge between Amazon's online retail dominance and its increasingly accomplished Prime Video service. The show attempted to deliver a QVC-style interactive shopping show, livestreamed each weekday on Amazon's site for free -- no Prime subscription needed. Nothing is that easy, however, and it all didn't quite pan out: the show is over. The cancellation was unceremoniously abrupt.. 

Now Amazon is trying again slowly this time with Amazon Live launched February 2019 and still working on perfecting it before expanding it to their regular website.......But Evine is struggling so who knows Amazon may soon get another chance at a more traditional shopping channel if that's even in the direction Amazon wants to go...We'll have to stay tuned to see if anything happens in the future......Afterall Amazon is covering all bases as they launched Amazon cashierless brick and motar stores in a couple of markets called Amazon Go ....in Seattle and Chicago and plans 3000 stores by 2021....(when are they going to be considered a monopoly ...????)

[BeccaLou]

Jill Bauer is only in her 50's.