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 October 1st 1993, followed by QVC Germany in December 1996 and QVC Japan in April 2001. Today, QVC reaches 144 million homes across the globe!
Headquarters
United Kingdom: Marco Polo House, Battersea, London - with distribution and telecommunication centres in Knowsley, Liverpool.
United States: Studio Park, West Chester, Pennsylvania (30 miles west of Philadelphia).
Germany: Dusseldorf - with call centres in Bochum and Kassel.
Japan: Makuhari - with a distribution centre in Sakura City.
Employees
Approximately 2,000 in the U.K.
Reach
Approximately 86 million homes in the United States, 21 million households in the United Kingdom, 34 million homes in Germany and more than 11.6 million homes in Japan.
Facts
- QVC UK sales in 2006 reached £331 million.
- QVC UK received approximately 15.6 million phone calls and shipped over 12.8 million packages in 2004.
- QVC UK is carried on satellite, cable and digital systems throughout England, Scotland and Ireland, reaching 21 million homes. The channel broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week. QVCUK Night Time offers the best of the previous hours.
- QVC Deutschland GmbH, which launched on December 1st 1996, now reaches more than 34 million households in Germany and broadcasts live 24 hours a day.
- QVC Japan, a joint venture with Mitsui Corporation, began broadcasting live 15 hours a day on April 1, 2001 and reaches more than 11.6 million homes. In June 2004, it launched its new 24-hour live programming schedule.
