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About Home Shopping

Home Shopping commonly refers to the electronic retailing / home [shopping channels] industry, which includes such billion dollar companies as [HSN], [QVC], [eBay], [ShopNBC], [Buy.com], and [Amazon.com]. Home shopping allows [consumers] to [shop] for goods while in the privacy of their own home, as opposed to traditional shopping, which requires you to visit brick and mortar [stores] and [shopping malls].

History The home shopping / electronic retailing industry was created in [1977] when small market [radio] [talk show] host [Bob Circosta] was asked to sell [avocado]-[green]-colored [can opener]s live on the air by station owner [Bud Paxson] when an [advertiser] traded 112 units of product instead of paying his advertising bill. Hesitant at first, Circosta reluctantly obliged – and to both men's great surprise, all 112 can openers sold out within the hour. Paxson sensed the vast sales potential of home-based commerce, and founded the world's first [shopping channel] on [cable television], later launching nationwide with the [Home Shopping Network] (rebranded as [HSN]). [Bob Circosta] was America's first ever TV [home shopping host], becoming one of the most instantly recognizable salesmen in the free world. Over the next three decades, Circosta sold over 75,000 different products on [HSN], netted over 20,000 hours of live, on-air TV selling – and achieved personal product sales in excess of one billion dollars.

The home shopping industry quickly revolutionized global commerce. In fact, the two most successful home shopping channels – [HSN] and [QVC] – generate a combined total of ten billion dollars in sales every year.

eBay [eBay] was created in the mid-[1990]s by [computer programmer] [Pierre Omidyar]. The very first item ever sold by the company was a broken [laser pointer]. [eBay] currently generates over four-and-a-half billion dollars annually.

Amazon.com [Amazon.com] began as an online [bookstore] in [1994], created by [Wall Street] [computer scientist] [Jeff Bezos]. In addition to books, Amazon eventually added [video games], [computer software], [electronics], [apparel], and more to its sales repetoire. The company now generates approximately eight-and-a-half billion dollars annually.

Direct response Direct response is often considered to be a part of the home shopping / electronic retailing industry. The Electronic Retailing Association, when adding together all the combined revenues from all the home shopping companies, estimates that in [2005], the industry generated over 320 billion dollars.

References

What A Great Idea It Turned Out To Be Selling Can Openers On The Radio Tampa Tribune
"Can You Believe This Price?" Time Magazine
How Did eBay Start? About.com
Jeffrey Preston Bezos Time Magazine
Bob Circosta Interview about the Home Shopping Industry Media Talk
It started with 112 can openers St. Petersburg Times
Bob Circosta Official Bob Circosta Website
Electronic Retailing Industry Research & Resources www.retailing.org
[http://www.telegaleria.com Hispanic Home Shopping Channel

Information Reference: Wikipedia.org

Home shopping

Questions and Answers

home shopping for people with bad credit rating?

Q) does anyone know the name of the home shopping company that is advertised on tv for people with poor credit rating? i think its home something?

A) Some credit card companies do special cards for people with poor credit histories. You might find these less restrictive in terms of your shopping choice as you can use them anywhere. All of them come with a financial health warning - namely high APRs and default charges, etc.

What would you think of a lady in her late fifties who does nothing at home but watch Home Shopping Network?

Q) This is someone I know. When she is at home, all she does for her free time is watch QVC or Home Shopping Network. And everyday she has the UPS man deliver another package of crap she bought off of there. Anybody know anybody else like this? what would you think is wrong with her?

A) noooo life

home shopping with a personal account?

A) What is the question hun????

Home shopping with Next?

Q) Wanting to order some ladies shoes from Next catalogue. Will they be delivered just in their box or they do they come wrapped inside a next bag with nothing to say what is inside the bag?

A) it should come in the shoe box along with the shipping packaging

HOME SHOPPING (HELP)PAY LATER?

Q) I HAVE MADE 2 ORDERS ONE I PAYED IN FULL WHEN IT CAME IT WAS BROKEN I AM STILL TRYING 2 GET MY MONEY BACK THE OTHER I LOST 150 DEPOSIT WERE CAN I PAY NO DEPOSIT AND WHEN IT COMES I DONT LIKD THE NORM CATALOGS

A) you have to be wary with ordering thru internet. sometimes they are operated by unscrupulous people with no intention of giving you what you want.

HOME SHOPPING (HELP)PAY LATER?

Q) IS THER ANY WERE IN THE US THAT WILL DO THIS AND DELIVER TO A UK ADDRESS

A) None of the known sites do that. All payments are credit/debit card,check,C.O.D/money order,cashiers check. That's quite a chance on a US based site to deliver internationally on an I.O.U. What you should do is find a site that takes a lay-away. A lay-away is something you have to pay off in a certain amount of time to get your merchandise. i do not know of any offhand. I found www.eLayaway.com and www.lay-away.com

home shopping company featured on adverts during showing of supernatural?

A) So what?

home shopping company featured on adverts during showing of supernatural?

A) that's not a question & doesn't make sense.

home shopping catalogues in uk?

Q) i want to get daughter a bouncy castle

A) Argos seems to be the most likely bet to me

What home shopping catalogue is there that is not affiliated to Littlewoods?

Q) Kays used to be seperate but Littlewoods has even taken over that now. I thought we had a monopolies commission in this country that stopped that sort of thing

A) Freemans?

how did home shopping network get successful in America?

Q) whats the history of success and popularity of home shopping netwroks in the U.S. in the context of dedicated TV channels

A) One of the "popular" home shopping networks today got started out on a radio station in Tampa, Florida back in the 70's. That particular network was one of the first to be on TV and in 1982 went to a local cable channel in the area. Now onto satellite the past several years.

Why does Ch7 show so many home shopping shows on Win TV at the weekends? !?

Q) Ch7 will sometimes show a decent movie late at night but Win TV floods our local viewing with home shopping shows. What makes them think country people need this drivel?

A) Shopping shows are cheap to produce and are usually run as fillers when there is a gap in decent viewing figures. They are not greatly popular but work on the 'if you repeat them often enough' principle.

what's the name of the israeli home shopping channel?

Q) I'm looking for info on an israeli actress named Noa Kroll. She's on the israeli home shopping channel.

A) The channel is called "Arutz HaKniyot", which literally means "The Shopping Channel" (original, huh?) It is on channel 21, on the HOT cable digital transcoder. I haven't been able to find any info on Noa Kroll, even searching in Hebrew.

What kind of degree would you need to work on a home shopping channel?

Q) I would love to be able to work on a Home shopping channel showing products. How would I get a job like that?

A) You can go to QVC.com and look at the bios of the show personalities and it will tell you what kind of degree they have and give a little of their backgrounds.

Do you 'sneak' shopping home?

Q) Do you hide your new shoes/clothes from your partner/husband when you come home from the shops? If yes, how do you do it? One woman puts new clothes into drycleaning bags and pretends she is bringing home the drycleaning every week.

A) No way. I have the right to buy what I want when I want.

disorder where someone is addicted to QVC home shopping network?

Q) What causes people to watch QVC almost all the time when home? every night all the time? And what causes them to purchase things from it constantly, nearly every other day a new package? Is this signs of a mental disorder?what causes this? what is its cure? which kind of mental disorder? Is it similar to being on Yahoo Answers all the time as well?

A) It could be bipolar disorder. I've been researching it and have learned that some people with it spend money uncontrollably. It might be the excitement of getting something in the mail or trying a new product, too.

home shopping club ...just for fat ladies with cats or catching on?

A) CAT LADY

home shopping payment plans?

A) You should modify your question to be more specific. "Home shopping payment plans?" doesn't tell us what you need more information on.

As far as home shopping, is it cheaper to buy one than to have one custom built?

Q) I'm thinking about having one custom built in my own liking. The contractors who build homes in the subdivisions work too fast and don't take any pride in their work.

A) It always costs more to build than to buy one already built. Mainly because when you build a house, it will have special details to suit your taste. And the homes that are built in subdivisions are usually TRACT homes. That is, homes that are built to look nice, but tend to lack the quality of a CUSTOM home. I had my home built to my taste and it did cost considerably more, but it is a much better built house, and I don't have to worry about any little surprises. I was able to put in a lot of details that I normally would not have be able to get and also to make my home much more energy effiecient. If you can afford it, then build your dream, but if you can't then look at qualitly of the house and not just the pretty picture.

Do home shopping networks (HSN and QVC) have quality merchandise and low prices?

A) The quality is very good, but it's kinda expensive. Sometimes you can find good deals, like on electronics and jewlery, but their clothing is a little prices for me. But I'm kinda cheap.

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Home shopping

Questions and Answers

home shopping for people with bad credit rating?

Q) does anyone know the name of the home shopping company that is advertised on tv for people with poor credit rating? i think its home something?

A) Some credit card companies do special cards for people with poor credit histories. You might find these less restrictive in terms of your shopping choice as you can use them anywhere. All of them come with a financial health warning - namely high APRs and default charges, etc.

What would you think of a lady in her late fifties who does nothing at home but watch Home Shopping Network?

Q) This is someone I know. When she is at home, all she does for her free time is watch QVC or Home Shopping Network. And everyday she has the UPS man deliver another package of crap she bought off of there. Anybody know anybody else like this? what would you think is wrong with her?

A) noooo life

home shopping with a personal account?

A) What is the question hun????

Home shopping with Next?

Q) Wanting to order some ladies shoes from Next catalogue. Will they be delivered just in their box or they do they come wrapped inside a next bag with nothing to say what is inside the bag?

A) it should come in the shoe box along with the shipping packaging

HOME SHOPPING (HELP)PAY LATER?

Q) I HAVE MADE 2 ORDERS ONE I PAYED IN FULL WHEN IT CAME IT WAS BROKEN I AM STILL TRYING 2 GET MY MONEY BACK THE OTHER I LOST 150 DEPOSIT WERE CAN I PAY NO DEPOSIT AND WHEN IT COMES I DONT LIKD THE NORM CATALOGS

A) you have to be wary with ordering thru internet. sometimes they are operated by unscrupulous people with no intention of giving you what you want.

HOME SHOPPING (HELP)PAY LATER?

Q) IS THER ANY WERE IN THE US THAT WILL DO THIS AND DELIVER TO A UK ADDRESS

home shopping company featured on adverts during showing of supernatural?

A) So what?

home shopping company featured on adverts during showing of supernatural?

A) that's not a question & doesn't make sense.

home shopping catalogues in uk?

Q) i want to get daughter a bouncy castle

A) Argos seems to be the most likely bet to me

What home shopping catalogue is there that is not affiliated to Littlewoods?

Q) Kays used to be seperate but Littlewoods has even taken over that now. I thought we had a monopolies commission in this country that stopped that sort of thing

A) Freemans?

how did home shopping network get successful in America?

Q) whats the history of success and popularity of home shopping netwroks in the U.S. in the context of dedicated TV channels

A) One of the "popular" home shopping networks today got started out on a radio station in Tampa, Florida back in the 70's. That particular network was one of the first to be on TV and in 1982 went to a local cable channel in the area. Now onto satellite the past several years.

Why does Ch7 show so many home shopping shows on Win TV at the weekends? !?

Q) Ch7 will sometimes show a decent movie late at night but Win TV floods our local viewing with home shopping shows. What makes them think country people need this drivel?

A) Shopping shows are cheap to produce and are usually run as fillers when there is a gap in decent viewing figures. They are not greatly popular but work on the 'if you repeat them often enough' principle.

what's the name of the israeli home shopping channel?

Q) I'm looking for info on an israeli actress named Noa Kroll. She's on the israeli home shopping channel.

A) The channel is called "Arutz HaKniyot", which literally means "The Shopping Channel" (original, huh?) It is on channel 21, on the HOT cable digital transcoder. I haven't been able to find any info on Noa Kroll, even searching in Hebrew.

What kind of degree would you need to work on a home shopping channel?

Q) I would love to be able to work on a Home shopping channel showing products. How would I get a job like that?

A) You can go to QVC.com and look at the bios of the show personalities and it will tell you what kind of degree they have and give a little of their backgrounds.

Do you 'sneak' shopping home?

Q) Do you hide your new shoes/clothes from your partner/husband when you come home from the shops? If yes, how do you do it? One woman puts new clothes into drycleaning bags and pretends she is bringing home the drycleaning every week.

A) No way. I have the right to buy what I want when I want.

disorder where someone is addicted to QVC home shopping network?

A) It could be bipolar disorder. I've been researching it and have learned that some people with it spend money uncontrollably. It might be the excitement of getting something in the mail or trying a new product, too.

home shopping club ...just for fat ladies with cats or catching on?

A) CAT LADY

home shopping payment plans?

A) You should modify your question to be more specific. "Home shopping payment plans?" doesn't tell us what you need more information on.

As far as home shopping, is it cheaper to buy one than to have one custom built?

Q) I'm thinking about having one custom built in my own liking. The contractors who build homes in the subdivisions work too fast and don't take any pride in their work.

Do home shopping networks (HSN and QVC) have quality merchandise and low prices?

A) The quality is very good, but it's kinda expensive. Sometimes you can find good deals, like on electronics and jewlery, but their clothing is a little prices for me. But I'm kinda cheap.

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