QVC's global corporate facts
Business
QVC was founded in June 1986 by Joseph Segel, and began broadcasting in the United States in November 1986. QVC UK launched on 1st October 1993 followed by QVC Germany in December 1996 and QVC Japan in April 2001.
Headquarters
United Kingdom: Marco Polo House, Battersea, London - with the Customer Operations Centre in Knowsley, Liverpool
United States: Studio Park, West Chester, Pennsylvania (30 miles west of Philadelphia)
Germany: Dusseldorf
Japan: Makuhari
Employees
2,000 in the U.K.
UK facts
- QVC UK sales were £359.7 million in 2008
- QVC UK handled 15.2 million phone calls and shipped 13.9 million units in 2008
- QVC UK is carried on satellite, cable and digital platforms throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, reaching 22.8 million homes. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with live programming from 9am to 2am
Global facts
- QVC reaches 166 million homes across the globe
- In 2008 QVC shipped more than 160 million units worldwide
- QVC employs more than 17,000 people worldwide
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