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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Behind the Velvet Rope: QVC Takes Shoppers Inside the Summer's Most Exclusive Designer Sale With QVC Presents Super Saturday Live Broadcast

Behind the Velvet Rope: QVC Takes Shoppers Inside the Summer's Most Exclusive Designer Sale With QVC Presents Super Saturday Live Broadcast

WEST CHESTER, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- "Haute" shopping for a cool cause. Leading multimedia retailer QVC has, once again, joined forces with The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) to broadcast QVC Presents Super Saturday Live, a charitable "designer sale" to benefit OCRF.

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Broadcasting live from the Hamptons on Saturday, August 1 from 2 PM - 4 PM (ET), this special two-hour show will give viewers an inside look at one of the summer's hottest events while offering top designer brands, including beauty, accessories, apparel, home and jewelry, at HALF the manufacturer's suggested retail price with net proceeds benefiting OCRF.

"We are thrilled to be returning to Super Saturday with what promises to be our best show yet," said Claire Watts, president of U.S. Commerce for QVC. "Thanks to OCRF and all of our top designers, we are able to offer our customers premier products at a fantastic price while also helping them support a wonderful cause."

Previously only available to the Hamptons elite and celebrities, this prestigious sale now reaches QVC's 96 million U.S. homes, allowing shoppers throughout the country to purchase designer brands at a fraction of the manufacturer's suggested retail price while supporting OCRF. Currently in its 12th year, Super Saturday will broadcast live for the third consecutive year on QVC.

The event's donors include Theory; B. Makowsky; Bare Escentuals; Carmen Marc Valvo; Mally; Talbots; Harry Slatkin; philosophy; Sincerely Southwest by Carolyn Pollack; Claiborne by John Bartlett; Kenneth Jay Lane; Rachel Roy; Honora; and Brooks Brothers - among others.

QVC Presents Super Saturday Live product will be available through QVC at 800.345.1515 or by visiting www.QVC.com while supplies last.

About QVC

QVC, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Interactive Group (NASDAQ:LINTA) , is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world. QVC is committed to providing its customers with thousands of the most innovative and contemporary beauty, fashion, jewelry and home products. Its programming is distributed to more than 167 million homes worldwide. The company's Web site, QVC.com, is ranked among the top general merchant Internet sites. With subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, West Chester, Pa.-based QVC has shipped more than a billion packages in its 23-year history. QVC, Q, and the Q Ribbon Logo are registered service marks of ER Marks, Inc.

About The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund

The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) is the leading independent, non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to advancing research and finding a cure for ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer takes the lives of over 15,000 women in the United States each year, with over 20,000 new cases being diagnosed annually. There is currently no method of early detection, leading to late diagnosis in the majority of cases. OCRF is committed to funding the best and brightest scientific investigators whose work focuses on new tools for detection and better treatment options. To date, OCRF has funded researchers at 40 leading institutions nationwide. For more information, go to www.ocrf.org.

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Source: QVC, Inc.

CONTACT: Denise Kovalevich, +1-484-701-8823, Denise.Kovalevich@qvc.com,
or Tara Hunter, +1-484-701-8163, Tara.Hunter@qvc.com, both of QVC

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


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