QVC wants to be the next TikTok Shop

Marketplace

News, Business

4.6 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

QVC, which pioneered live TV shopping shows, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. Leadership made the next step clear: a pivot away from television and toward something akin to social commerce, like livestreamed sales on TikTok Shop. But can the legacy brand compete with new, social media-driven shopping platforms? And after that, we wrap up Kai and Nela’s trip to Vietnam with visits to an AI startup and a neighborhood of expats.

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