Another QVC designer has joined Team ShopHQ: Marc Bouwer.
The handsome blond debuted his Marc Bouwer Unlimited clothing collection on the No. 3 home shopping network last night. We didn’t see it, but online the apparel looked pretty good.
http://www.shophq.com/search/?q=marc+bouwer&icid=InternalSearch_AutoSearch_marc+bouwer
Recently sterling silver designers Richard and Marianna Jacobs came to ShopHQ, their original home, from HSN.
The new management team at ShopHQ has definitely been busy.
ShopHQ jewelry vendor Sonia Bitton gave us a little scoop on Facebook today: The married silver-jewelry designing team of Richard and Marianna Jacobs are coming back to the No. 3 home shopping network.
The Jacobs, whose collection of handmade jewelry is called Offerings, were originally on ShopHQ, when it was ShopNBC. Then they left and went on HSN.
But they are coming back to Minnesota, according to Bitton.
“OK get ready all. ‘Offerings’ will be back at SHOPHQ on October 7 at 9AM and 7PM CT and I am so excited I am the first to be announcing!!!>” Bitton wrote on Facebook.
We love their jewelry, and can’t wait to see what they have cooking for ShopHQ.
It appears that a number of home shopping network vendors — Sajen Silver, Honora and Michael Anthony — are now either owned or designing for Richline Group Inc., which is a unit of Berkshire Hathaway Co.
Berkshire’s chairman, by the way, is master investor Warren Buffett. Richline Group makes and markets fine jewelry.
We were checking the website for Sajen Silver, which has been owned by Marianna and Richard Jacobs, and its homepage said that the Jacobs are now designing jewelry for the Richline Group. The Jacobs are former ShopNBC vendors who are now on HSN.
Marianna and Richard Jacobs, of Sajen Silver, are now designing for Richline Group
We went to the Richline Group site, and found that its companies include Michael Anthony, the HSN vendor whose specialty is rope gold chains.
http://www.richlinegroup.com/index.php
There was also a press release, dated May 30, that said the Richline Group was acquiring freshwater pearl purveyor Honora, a QVC vendor. Honora President and CEO Joel Schechter is a frequent guest on QVC. That deal is supposed to close this month, July. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.
We’re assuming that formerly family-owned companies like Michael Anthony and Honora need the financial backing that the Richline Group can supply in order to grow and expand.
Here’s part of the Honora press release:
Click to access Honora-Richline%2020130528.pdf
For over 60 years of being family owned and operated, HONORA has stood for value and quality in the jewelry industry, and is now known as the premier freshwater cultured pearl brand in the USA.
Dennis Ulrich, CEO of Richline Group, said that “CEO, Joel Schechter and President, Ralph Rossini have created and managed a unique, branded entity that has a great product line, talented people and long-term relationships with its clients.”
Honora’s Joel Schechter
Joel Schechter commented, “We are tremendously excited about our future as a member of the Richline Group, and look forward to leveraging their tremendous strengths as we continue growing the HONORA
brand to consumers.
HONORA’s president, Ralph Rossini, said “The entire HONORA team takes great pride in the brand we have
built over the years. We look forward to utilizing Richline’s expertise and vast resources to expand our brand and strategic opportunities.”
In the new corporate structure, Mr. Schechter and Mr. Rossini will remain to run the company as a standalone brand within the Richline Brands division of the Berkshire Hathaway Company.
Dave Meleski, Richline Group’s President, stated “a key goal of this acquisition is the utilization of our financial support and collaboration to fully champion HONORA, as a brand, for domestic and International growth. HONORA expands our product assortment positioning as a dominate player in the pearl jewelry category.”
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