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HSN Bought By QVC For $2.1 Billion Dollars

Liberty Interactive , the company that owns QVC  announced that it is purchasing  rival, HSN ( Home Shopping Network) for $2.1 billion dollars.  This deal helps both  compete with Amazon. In the end, you could have…

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Liberty Interactive , the company that owns QVC  announced that it is purchasing  rival, HSN ( Home Shopping Network) for $2.1 billion dollars.  This deal helps both  compete with Amazon.

In the end, you could have better deals  with an expanded five channels shown on TV and online (QVC, QVC2, BeautyiQ, HSN and HSN2

According to QVC President and CEO, Mike George,  "QVC and HSN will continue to operate as individual brands, "with their own unique identity, culture and customer following"