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QVC Breaks Single-Day Sales Record

PCs are biggest item in $80 million of orders

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22 years ago

December 5, 2001

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QVC Inc. (West Chester, Pa.) reported record-breaking sales for Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001. Orders exceeded $80 million for the day, breaking the old record by 33 percent. Dell's Intel Pentium IV personal computer was the most popular item on the company's most successful day in its 15-year history.

The $3.8 billion company (whose name stands for “quality, value and convenience”) offers about 1700 items of apparel, cosmetics, electronics, housewares, jewelry and toys on a 24-hour television network. It also sells online and through six outlet stores. QVC also has a full-line store at the Mall of America and shopping channels in Germany, Japan, and the U.K. Cable operator Comcast Corp. owns 58 percent.

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