QVC's National Discovery Tour Hits The Road; Arlington, VA Selected as the First Stop on the Decade of Discoveries Tour

QVC's National Discovery Tour Hits The Road; Arlington, VA Selected as the First Stop on the Decade of Discoveries Tour

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to present their consumer products to QVC at the e-commerce leader's 2005 National Product Search on Monday, January 31 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Va. The search will provide inventors, designers and manufacturers with a forum to share their innovative consumer products with representatives from QVC's merchandising and vendor relations departments.

At the conclusion of this four city, nationwide search, QVC will select the top 100 products and put them on special QVC broadcasts beginning this summer. During these broadcasts, viewers will have the opportunity to see and purchase the products discovered during this search.

"QVC honors the American entrepreneurial spirit by providing a forum for inventors and entrepreneurs to submit their products to us for consideration," said Darlene Daggett, QVC's president of US commerce. "We're always looking for the next big invention to bring to our customers. In the past product searches, we've looked for that one unique item to present to our viewers, but this year, we're looking for 100 of the country's most innovative new products."

QVC introduces more than 250 new products to its viewers each week. Products on QVC that have shown great success are those that are demonstrable on live television, solve an everyday problem, appeal to a broad audience, have unique features and benefits and are topical or timely.

Advance registration is strongly recommended before presenting your product to representatives from QVC's merchandising and vendor relations divisions. To register and receive more information go to http://www.qvcproductsearch.com/.

QVC, Inc., a $5.4 billion company, is an e-commerce leader, marketing a wide variety of brand name products in such categories as home furnishings, licensed products, fashion, beauty, electronics and fine jewelry. QVC reaches over 86 million homes in the United States. Other divisions/subsidiaries include QVC.com, Q Direct, Q Records and Video, QVC @, QVC Local, QVC ProductWorks. The QVC Studio Tour is located at the company's world headquarters in West Chester, Pa.


Source: QVC, Inc.

CONTACT: Bonnie Clark, QVC, Inc., +1-484-701-1647, bclark@qvc.com, or
Abby Schaefer, QVC, Inc., +1-484-701-3356, abia_schaefer@qvc.com

Web site: http://www.qvcproductsearch.com/

Web site: http://www.qvc.com/


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