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The next time you find yourself bellyaching over your expanding monthly cable bill, don't blame your provider. Blame ESPN, the biggest offender when it comes to basic cable, setting distributors back $4.69 a month for every subscriber.

Some industry pundits wrote off the TV shopping format as passe when online shopping started to take off, but a funny thing happened on the way to the era of digital retail: QVC ended up being among the biggest winners in the shift. We talk to CEO Mike George about the future of shopping.

On Thursday night, New York City will transform into one big after-hours shopping party for Fashion's Night Out, a whirlwind of festive, quirky store events to kick off New York Fashion Week. But it's not all high-end specialty stores -- mass retailers are increasingly using FNO to assert their own fashion bona fides.

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls: American Suzuki Motor Corp. recalled about 29,000 Suzuki KingQuad all-terrain vehicles because the...

Sunbeam Products Inc. recalled 159,000 wine bottle openers sold through the home shopping channel QVC after dozens of consumers reported bottles shattering while using the opener, including 22 who suffered injuries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Consumers reported injuries...

Pier 1 Imports recalled about 400,000 golden tea lights because the candle flames can burn high, creating a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. One person has already suffered a minor burn. The CPSC said Pier 1 received four reports of high flames. As many as 370,000 tea...

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge, so Consumer Ally has collected them in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup of recalls:

Home shopping network QVC recalled an 8-inch cast-iron skillets it sold because pieces of their enamel coating can come off and potentially burn consumers, the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission said. CPSC said there have been five reports of enamel pieces popping off the skillet when it's...

The Federal Trade Commission will be sending out checks Friday to more than 140,000 consumers who bought "For Women Only" dietary supplements -- including what were touted as weight-loss pills -- from the TV channel QVC Inc. The cash is part of a 2009 settlement that saw the Pennsylvania home...

Democracy and capitalism are coming together, with the QVC home shopping channel going to Washington to cover President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration -- and of course, to sell jewelry, coins, stamps and other trinkets with Obama's likeness on them. Search "Obama" on the QVC Web site and all...