The customer satisfaction gap between online retailer Amazon and video service Netflix is widening and may pose a significant threat to Netflix's outlook going forward, according to survey results released Wednesday.
Clinton Kelly hopes to see socks with sandals, elastic waist pants, tracksuits, and other fashion atrocities banished within his lifetime. By exposing heinous fashion crimes, and advising people on how to dress their best, Kelly has transformed his name and impeccable style into a lucrative brand.
UPS announced on Wednesday that it is debuting a new customized delivery service that could eventually make those annoying "Sorry we missed you" notes a thing of the past.
With a resume that includes eight years at Harry Winston and consulting gigs with Faberge and Ivanka Trump, Carol Brodie has earned her title as "Queen of Diamonds." This queen, however, also happens to know the value of a good deal.
Sweater queen and home-shopping doyenne Jeanne Bice died on Friday at age 71.
Bookseller Barnes & Noble says it has received a nearly $1 billion buyout offer from Liberty Media, the parent of cable network QVC.
Kim and Kourtney Kardashian share their surprising wishlist for Feb. 14
It's definitely getting difficult to keep up with the Kardashians!
"Marie is a strong woman but she's going to collapse," he says of his sister's emotional state
The Republican candidate is joined by wife Cindy McCain on NBC's comedy show
The slumping economy has meant bad news for retailers, right? Maybe, but no one seems to have told QVC.
Depression is a serious issue, but Delta Burke shows some levity when she opens up about fighting the disease and trying to conquer her hoarding addiction.
Dear FSB: I've developed a health drink with an array of vitamins, minerals, and omegas that I'm currently selling over the Internet. I think it'll be the next big thing in nutrition - how can I introduce my product on a large scale?
When it comes to funding your start up idea, a well honed business plan may get you in the door, but for most venture capitalists it's the person behind the plan that makes or breaks the pitch.
Celebrate Dad with the latest high-end meats, cured and cut by small companies.
Liberty Media and News Corp are close to reaching an agreement that would allow News Corp to buy back an $11 billion stake in exchange for a stake in the satellite TV firm DirecTV, according to a report published Wednesday.
Media mogul John Malone could probably use a vacation. He's been extremely busy lately.
Fortune: The Price of Libertyupdated: Mon Dec 12 2005 00:01:00
I'm driving south on Denver's I-25 to meet Liberty Media chairman John Malone and his new sidekick, Greg Maffei, when a sudden snow squall bursts out of nowhere. I can hardly see the 15-foot steel ...
Jared Polis is no stranger to selling off one of his successful businesses. In fact, it's more of a recurring pattern for the 30-year-old entrepreneur.
Fortune: Here's Mr. Macy updated: Mon Nov 28 2005 00:01:00
EVEN IN THE WORLD of J. Crew and Target, Terry Lundgren believes there's a place for the good old department store. It's hard not to believe. Earlier this year the Federated Department Stores CEO purchased May Department Stores for about $17 billion; as he points out, the combined companies produced sales of more than $30 billion in 2004. That's a lot of customers who don't yet know they're supposed to be shopping someplace else. But growing is another thing. Lundgren's plan is to focus on a few brands. That way he can efficiently market to consumers nationwide. The strategy hasn't been without pain. When Lundgren said he was replacing the Marshall Field's nameplate in Chicago with Macy's, movie critic Roger Ebert and the Chicago Tribune recoiled in horror. Over Bloomingdale's frozen yogurt, Lundgren explained to FORTUNE's Julia Boorstin and Eugenia Levenson why he's not worried about getting a thumbs-down in Chicagoland. Excerpts: Any second thoughts about replacing the Marshall Field's name? I am not su
Ever since John Malone carved out Liberty Media from AT&T in a spin-off in 2001, he has struggled to define its identity. Is it a media company or just a big investment firm?
Liberty Media has selected a departing top executive of Oracle Corp. as its new CEO, according to a news report Wednesday.
She's one of the sweetest ladies you'll ever meet," announces QVC host David Venable. "Bea Toms, let's start with your signature ham biscuits." Hailing from the Virginia foothills of the Blue Ridge...
Say "televised home shopping" and many consumers think of tacky baubles and B-list celebrities hawking uninspired fashions. But in May 2003, entrepreneurs Michael Reinstein and Brian Kelly launched...
After winning a QVC product search, the Holsteins have appeared 20 times on the televised shopping service since December 2002. They sold 1.1 million pretzels this January, up 80% from January 2003...
Richard Jacobs and his wife Marianna, who design and sell silver and gold jewelry, recently sold over a quarter-million dollars worth of products in one hour.
Money Magazine: Merger Signs Are Goodupdated: Mon Sep 01 2003 00:01:00
Oracle wants rival PeopleSoft, which just bought J.D. Edwards. Liberty Media is purchasing home shopping network QVC. And golf king Callaway had ballmaker Top-Flite teed up, until German sports tit...
Money Magazine: The best digital camerasupdated: Thu Jul 31 2003 10:45:00
Which digital cameras are best? It depends on how you want to use them. There are four basic kinds.
At the cable industry's annual confab in Chicago, the place to be is, well, anywhere Brian Roberts is. As the Comcast CEO cruises the convention center's carpeted halls on a cool mid-June afternoon...
Fortune: Universal Appealupdated: Mon Jul 21 2003 00:01:00
The summer's latest blockbuster has it all: Hollywood buzz, eye-popping pricetags, marquee stars. It's Vivendi's entertainment auction, of course! There's even a scary plot twist: the $24 million s...
New age financial guru Suze Orman turned her name into a powerful brand by dishing out objective money-management advice in six bestselling books, a show on CNBC, and a column in Oprah's magazine. ...
"I am the Chief Medical Doctor and close confidant of Mrs. Maryam Abacha, the wife of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, the former head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She has mandated that I...
Almost from the time he was tall enough to reach a TV dial, Brian Roberts was intrigued by his old man's cable business. As a boy he punched the coupon books mailed to Comcast's customers. As a tee...
Fortune: Comcastupdated: Mon Aug 13 2001 00:01:00
Until recently the family-controlled cable outfit was best known for hawking cubic zirconia (it helped launch QVC). Now its audacious $40 billion "bear hug" for AT&T Broadband makes Comcast a serio...
Barry Diller doesn't blink. When you meet him, that's the first thing you notice. His stare feels demanding--though some of the many journalists who have called on Diller in the past have described...
Get this, TV-aholics. This spring, those of you who get cable and live in certain cities across the U.S.--Chicago, Los Angeles, and St. Louis among them--will see a small revolution onscreen. If yo...
Unless Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch are dead wrong--but would you bet against them?--prospects for the once-embattled cable TV industry are bright again. The second week in June was an amazing one...
Barry Diller must want a media empire in the worst way--how else do you explain his plan to acquire control of two dogs, Savoy Pictures Entertainment and Home Shopping Network? The former has produ...
Today's television industry -- with QVC, CBS, Comcast, and other colorful players -- takes as many twists per minute as a Melrose Place plot. But one thing's certain: Since Fox raided 12 local stat...
Buying cable-television stocks is like riding a roller coaster with a blindfold on. You know there are lots of ups and downs; you're just not sure when they're coming. Right now, the good times are...
COVER STORY 44 THE 10 BEST FUNDS TODAY by Jerry Edgerton Only a handful of fund managers possess the proven ability to stay at the head of the pack time after time. Here they are.
Enough talking about the five-month takeover fight from hell in which Sumner Redstone's Viacom defeated Barry Diller's QVC for the right to pay too much for Paramount Communications. Now for the re...
Fortune: THE INSIDERupdated: Mon Mar 07 1994 00:01:00
The buzz from business people. . . 1. ELECTRIC CARS Now Bob Stempel's involved. Maybe he'll do for them what he did for GM. 2. JOHN SCULLEY He just left Spectrum claiming he'd been conned when he t...
Your cable company, your local phone company, and your long-distance carrier will soon know one another very, very well. They may be one and the same, or they may be competing to provide you with h...
Friends, it is time. Once again we reach for the envelopes and announce the ten most notorious businesspersons of the year. As usual, relative notoriety is gauged by the number of articles in the N...
WHY IS EVERYTHING so expensive in Europe? Why are the simple tools of business, such as telephone and computer services, so limited and poor? And why, in the age of a multimedia explosion, do the B...
Fortune: THE INSIDERupdated: Mon Dec 27 1993 00:01:00
Wal-Mart Stores is ready to throw in the trowel. In January the chain's enfeebled garden departments will start carrying tools that bear the Better Homes & Gardens name, for which privilege it will...
Fortune: THE INSIDERupdated: Mon Dec 13 1993 00:01:00
ON Wall Street, they watch your E-mail. The bosses at one big investment bank aren't snooping on what you say -- but whom you say it to. Those very recipients are later asked to evaluate you. The t...
LET'S SEE NOW. TCI + Bell Atlantic + QVC Network + Paramount + Viacom + AT&T + Time Warner + US West. Hmmmmmm . . . confused? Marketers can hardly keep up with the headlines, much less comprehend h...
Judging from Standard & Poor's 500 index, which returned a less-than-inspired 7.6% through the end of September, 1993 is shaping up to be a fairly average year for stocks. Even so, it's surprisingl...
As investors can attest, the seven Baby Bells prospered as local phone companies after the January 1984 breakup of AT&T. The subsequent bonanza of cellular communications didn't hurt. But now the g...
A surge in mergers and acquisitions (see chart) has Wall Streeters digging out their yellow power ties. The revival became particularly festive as home shopping powerhouse QVC Network and cable gia...
Attention, shoppers: Those 24-hour home buy-a-thon TV channels are hotter than a cut-rate sweatsuit on an August afternoon. QVC (whose initials stand for quality, value, convenience) and rival Home...
LEN BOSACK and Sandy Lerner started Cisco Systems ''without a particular business vision,'' says Lerner. ''We had a technical vision.'' Working together to link up Stanford University's computers, ...
In these financially dicey times, many money managers talk about buying the securities of bankrupt or distressed companies, but few put their clients' money on the line. An exception is Seth Klarma...
Fortune: COMPANIES TO WATCHupdated: Mon Jul 17 1989 00:01:00
QVC NETWORK Reaching revenues of $112 million in the first year isn't a feat reserved for high-tech ventures. This West Chester, Pennsylvania, company began broadcasting its home-shopping televisio...
MANAGING/Cover Story 40 BOEING'S HAPPY, HARROWING TIMES The boom in airplane orders that began in the mid-1980s has gone hypersonic. Nobody stands to profit more than Boeing, the world's No. 1 plan...
JOHN O'BRIEN Giving ulcers to investors
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