: About Me

It used to be easy to scoff at the shopping channels. They were a showcase of cheap trinkets, horrible fashion and costume jewelry. While the last two are still a fixture in the guise of the God-awful designs of the Quacker Factory and the fake diamond goodness of Diamonique, it's becoming harder and harder to find a way to dismiss them. Combined, the two largest shopping channels QVC and HSN generate over $10 billion in revenues. Certainly this means that they are filling retail needs in America that are not being met elsewhere. For example: 1. The channels were likely first adopted by sh...