HSN, or the Home Shopping Network, is an American broadcast and television company that has developed a multibillion-dollar brand with many TV channels and an online marketplace. The company pioneered the televised sales pitch. HSN.com was launched 1999, and became one of the 10 most trafficked e-commerce websites by 2009. In mid 2017, it was announced that Liberty Interactive would buy the remaining shares of the company, and merge it with QVC Group.
Alternatives to Hsn
Amazon
Company: Amazon.com, Inc. | Founder: Jeff Bezos | CEO: Jeff Bezos | Since: 1994
Amazon is the place to be if you want to buy stuff online. Whether you are looking for electronics, music, books, software or any other category you can think off. They started of as a website that was going to…
Dhgate
Company: Dunhuang Holding | Founder: Diane Wang | CEO: Diane Wang | Since: 2004
DHgate is an e-commerce platform that retails Chinese manufactured items to small and medium-sized businesses around the world. Additionally, DHgate provides payments, financing, logistics and fraud-detection services for its customers. The company was launched in 2004 and has experienced steep…
Overstock
Company: Overstock | Founder: Patrick M. Byrne | CEO: Patrick Byrne | Since: 1999
Jet.com
Company: Walmart | Founder: Marc Lore, Nate Faust, Mike Hanrahan | CEO: Marc Lore | Since: 2014
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