QVC, Inc. is a television and Internet retailer with 1,150 products on offer each week. Merchandise categories include fashion, beauty, home furnishings, electronics, and toys and gifts. It is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world, with net sales of $7.4 billion in 2007. QVC (Quality, Value, Convenience) was founded in 1986 by
The Body Shop, founded in the mid 1970s, is a beauty company that offers vegetable-based products and a strong ethical mission. It is the second largest cosmetic franchise in the world. The Body Shop emphasizes its stance against animal testing and for fair trade and promotes positive environmental and social change through its products and
Known to many as the ding-dong company for its door-to-door sales approach, Avon began as the California Perfume Company in 1886. Its founder, David Hall McConnell, originally a bookseller, started giving out perfume samples to his book costumers and found that they thought the samples were more attractive than the literature. Avon’s products center on