QVC, founded in 1986, is the world's largest department store retailer for television and internet, and has won several awards for Best Achievement and Customer Service in the US business/electronic retail industry. QVC's department store retail business covers markets in the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan. QVC reaches over 80 million households in the United States through television and online shopping services, with annual sales reaching $4 billion. QVC purchases goods worth over 1.5 million US dollars from China on average every day. In 2002, QVC's total procurement in China reached 600 million US dollars (over 10000 containers). The purchased products include household appliances, handicrafts, clothing, household textiles, and jewelry, etc