Q Talk

[Spurt]

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@stevieb wrote:

Regardless of how the rest of retail is doing, a several percent loss of revenue, particularly when viewed as part of what appears to be a consistent downward sprial over time, is nothing for a CEO to be comfortable with... 

As for Zulily, I'm not much of a fan anyway... Not sure I find their pricing to be all that special and their return policy stinks, but yes, I increasingly see QVC's stale brands all over Zulily. I guess they're determined to take Zulily down with the rest of the ship...

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@stevieb

Hey STEVIE!!!  How are things at the Qwappitol?????

I totally agree with you .......and the Q Execs are like ostriches with their heads in the sand........Well at least I see more jewelry shows....although they are at the very high end of the price range and out of my league......(despite QVC's offer of "special financing"---SARCASM).........And yes its nice they are bringing in a couple new vendors......but will they ever do anything about their weekend lineup....I doubt it!!!   Or bring in some new decor with Alberti as host as many have been asking for???????????? Im sure the answer is "NO"!

As for Zulilly I'm not a fan either....I had to laugh when I read the Press Conference after the results were revealed---- they talked about a "big event" they are brought ..........get this..........Dooney & Bourke to Zulilly....Oh can you stand all "the excitement" 

[stevieb]

Yea @Spurt their 'big' event's are right up there with thei 'big' announcements... Just more of the same and more hot air. Not even a Dyson could blow all that hot air out of the room...

The Qwapital is soggy right now... It's been chilly but pretty most of the week and yesterday was great with bright sun and in the 70's, but today through most of the weekend looks soppy and nasty...

Poor Zulily... you have to wonder if they'll be YET another of the Q's failed efforts to stay relavent...

[Spurt]

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@stevieb wrote:

Yea @Spurt their 'big event's are right up there with thei 'big announcements'... Just more of the same and more hot air. Not even a Dyson could blow all that hot air out of the room...

The Qwapital is soggy right now... It's been chilly but pretty most of the week and yesterday was great with bright sun and in the 70's, but today through most of the weekend looks soppy and nasty...

Poor Zulily... you have to wonder if they'll be YET another of the Q's failed efforts to stay relavent...

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@stevieb

I posted another thread with the Press Conference edited transcript....there was one part where they blamed "leap year"..That's the Q for you--always focused on the "important" aspects of the retail business I see!!!!!

We've been muggy and humid with some brief moments of relief from clouds and a cool front and just enough moisture to make the roads and sidewalks messy but not enough to even call it rain!!  And we are starting to need the rain.....they say next week we will see it.......The weather morons interrupted Jimmy Fallon to bring us a non weather event in far west Del Rio which turned out to be nothing at all....so instead since they were paying the meterologists overtime they gave us a lesson in tornado warnings and how it disipated when it hit the warm air.........  

Have a great week!  

[stevieb]

@Spurt I just commented on that nonsensical Leap Year comment... Honestly, there are no words... just no words...

Your weather doesn't sound exactly special either... It poured here most of the day... I don't mind an occasional rainy, nasty day, especially if I can curl up in bed with a book, but for some reason today, I just didn't...

You too Spurt, enjoy the rest of the week and the weekend... 

[Swissguy]

Maybe some past hosts should return to help out! My votes would be to bring back Lisa Mason, Lisa Roberson and Albany!!

[stevieb]

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@Swissguy wrote:
Maybe some past hosts should return to help out! My votes would be to bring back Lisa Mason, Lisa Roberson and Albany!!

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Better hosts would help, as would management allowing hosts to operate in a less frenetic fashion... but what they really need, to name but a few, is a better mix of products, more effective order fulfillment processes and better customer incentives... Oh, and fresh leadership...