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Company: QVC, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Qurate Retail
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Penalty: $7,500,000
Year: 2009
Date: March 19, 2009
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: QVC, Inc., a TV home shopping channel, agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that it made false and unsubstantiated claims about three types of dietary supplements in violation of an FTC order, and about an anti-cellulite skin cream in violation of the FTC Act.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Colorado
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: home shopping and online commerce
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