730 HSN Workers To Be Laid Off At St. Pete Campus

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — With the planned closure of the Home Shopping Network’s 70-acre St. Petersburg campus, the QVC Group, which operates both QVC and HSN shopping channels, plans to lay off about 900 employees, according to a news release.

HSN’s operations will move to the QVC headquarters at Studio Park in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

About 730 of these layoffs will affect workers at the HSN campus in St. Pete, according to a Florida Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice.

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The layoffs will happen in phases through the end of the year, with 145 employees expected to be laid off during the first phase between May 26 and June 8, the notice said. Additional layoffs are planned for July 1 and other future dates.

While a few corporate support related team members, who will continue to work remotely in Florida, all other employees in St. Petersburg will be terminated, the notice said.

HSN has operated in Pinellas County for nearly 50 years.

Qurate Retail Group, which owns QVC US, bought HSN at the end of 2017, but continued to operate the St. Petersburg headquarters.

Both QVC and HSN will maintain “distinct brand voices … and distinct customer bases" with the closure of the HSN campus, the company said in a previous news release.

“We have the deepest appreciation to the state of Florida and the St. Petersburg community for their support and dedication over HSN’s 47-year history,” Stacy Bowe, the new president of the HSN brand and U.S. marketing, said. “We look forward to continuing to delight our customers as we make this transition to our new home.”