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QVC Germany

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Launched
  
December 1, 1996

Founded
  
1986

Country
  
Germany

Headquarters
  
Düsseldorf, Germany

Parent organization
  
QVC Handel LLC & Co. KG

QVC Germany

Owned by
  
QVC Deutschland Inc. & Co. KG; QVC Handel GmbH; QVC eDistribution Inc.; QVC Studio GmbH; eQVC GmbH; QVC Call Center GmbH & Co KG; QVC eService Inc. & Co KG

Slogan
  
"Ideen für mich!" (formerly: "Die neue Art einzukaufen")

CEO
  
Mathias Bork (1 Jan 2015–)

Motto
  
"Ideen für mich!" (formerly: "Die neue Art einzukaufen")

Subsidiaries
  
QVC Call Center GmbH & Co KG, iQVC GmbH, QVC Studio GmbH

Profiles

QVC Germany is a branch QVC, a multinational corporation specialising in televised home shopping. It was founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel in West Chester, Pennsylvania. QVC broadcasts in four major countries to 141 million consumers. The name is an initialism—standing for "Quality, Value, Convenience". With a market share of 50%, QVC is one of the 10 largest mail-order companies in Germany. QVC is spread over four locations: Düsseldorf in Hafen, with the administration, purchasing and studio; Hückelhoven with the distribution center, Kassel and Bochum with the QVC call center.

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History

The program is received in 37.5 million households in Germany and Austria via cable and satellite. In addition, QVC's product range since 2002, has been available via the Internet across Europe. In Germany, QVC began its program with a daily eight-hour live broadcasts and since 1 October 2003 24 hours live. Only from 14:00 Christmas Eve until 9:00 Christmas Day are repeats aired instead of live broadcasts. Since March 1, 2010 QVC Germany broadcast in the ratio 16:9. Since March 16, 2012 starting QVC Germany, Channel two "QVC Beauty & Style".

Starting with September 1, 2010 QVC uses the "Q Logo" which is used for few years in the United States and has an additional channel "QVC Plus".

Awards

In October 2005, QVC received the "consignor of the year" from Federation of German mail e. V.

References

QVC Germany Wikipedia


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