Q Talk

[harmony9]

With the recent news of layoffs in FL and QVC as a whole. It doesn't look good for the company. It seems not many will make the trek to PA. So will studio park just have everyone doing double duty with a skeleton crew? Will hosts be forced to be on both stations?  And run back and forth between sets. Or will they go even cheaper and just have vendors be the hosts like on Q2. (I can't stand all the skype) Are models even safe? Will they be pulling double time for both channels? Or will they be let go and use stock footage and pictures? How much more can they consolidate?

Its hard to shop on Q nowadays as it is with such limited selections and brands.

Its the same guests everydays, along with house brands. And its only getting smaller.

Will they just turn into a food channel? As thats their biggest revenue. I miss old QVC where fashion was the priority and clothing was sexy and trendy. Now its all pajamas and vacuums. Is there any postitive with these changes/layoffs? Like with their big focus to switch to streaming, would that force them to go back to a younger demo? And allow new brands to come in..Surely internet would be cheaper than cable broadcast time. Maybe it would allow for startups to get their name out there.. instead of house brands and celebs..I want to see a bright side, but am not seeing it. Anyone?

[kaydee50]

Only time will tell.  Personally, I don't see any shopping channel existing on air for more than another couple of years.  ShopHQ was the first to go but not the last.

[nyc1]

Ultimately,  they may just combine the two stations into one. 

[CalminHeart]

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@harmony9 wrote:

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I think Q is getting desperate.

They combined stock shares so it appears like they're doing better than they are. It's just a scheme. Corporations have been known to do this when their stock price is so low that they get kicked off the market/exchange and go a few years without being able to naturally increase their stock price to get back on.

They are consolidating a lot.

The same 12-20 products (or variations of) are aired over and over ad nauseam. 

Host behavior is often bottom of the barrell.

Q wants people to feel like family. What a farce. Big corporations will say anything to make a sale.

Age of possibilities, menopause, and such, are ridiculous marketing themes. There is absolutelyl nothing a host or corporation can tell me that would have helped me through menopause or aging. 

Q needs major major major changes in product lines, host behavior, and marketing if they are going to survive given what's coming. 

[RespectLife]

I highly doubt any of us here have been the CEO of a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Yet we all have opinions on what they are doing wrong.

Time will tell, look how many times Macy's and JCP have almost been gone, yet they are still here.  Look how many times companies such as BBB, Forever 21, Joann's and more DID go out.

We all still have places to shop.

I have not heard of any recent layoffs at QVC.  That downsizing was a while back.

And why would you care anyways when you always claim you can buy every thing better, cheaper elsewhere?

Why would I care what Richard's Sporting Goods does?  I would never shop there.

Posters come here and state how awful QVC is, how they never shop here etc.

Then WHY care???

[Shanus]

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@nyc1 wrote:

Ultimately,  they may just combine the two stations into one. 

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@nyc1   Never understood the necessity of Q2. In fact if HSN is also on board, do one shopping channel with all 3 combined. maybe the choices of merchandise and hosts will improve. 

[tansy]

@RespectLife Macy's and Penney's may have survived but the stores around my area are ragged -- not stocked well and look like discount stores.  

[RespectLife]

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@tansy wrote:

@RespectLife Macy's and Penney's may have survived but the stores around my area are ragged -- not stocked well and look like discount stores.  

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@tansy 

Totally agree, but point is....they did not close nation wide...and their online business is still available.

The Macy's and JCP near us is always trashed, hardly any open registers, can't find an associate to save your soul....and now poorer quality merchandise compared to years ago.  Maybe I was young, but I used to think Macy's was top line!

Yet they remain, for now....LOL

Look how many years it took for Sear's to make a slow death?  QVC may be going the same route, but the crystal ball isn't clear enough yet to guarantee that.

[Shanus]

@tansy   Same in our mall. There are few sales people to keep things tidy and shopping is ridiculous. There's not enough help to keep the dressing rooms clean, sizes in the right place to find what you're looking for on the racks.

It's driving people away to shop online or to spend their money elsewhere.

[kaydee50]

@RespectLife   I "care" about QVC/HSN insofar as they were once a unique, enjoyable shopping experience.  QVC no longer is for me.  I also "cared" about Lord & Taylor, Kmart, Sears, etc. etc.  Agree it takes awhile for retailers to completely disappear but unless the retailer becomes competitive it will not last long.