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What QVC Group layoffs have meant for employees

QVC Group's purchase of HSN runs through its record. In the cuts that followed it in 2018, HSN's president said Qurate remained committed to the HSN brand and its St. Petersburg campus, the St. Pete Catalyst reported, while the same plan combined the two companies' warehouses, closing QVC's Lancaster center and HSN's in Roanoke, according to WITF. In 2025 the company closed the St. Petersburg campus too and moved its work to Studio Park in West Chester, Pennsylvania, according to its 2025 10-K. If your workplace duplicates another QVC Group site, a public commitment to the building is worth weighing against what happened in St. Petersburg.

Planned closings at QVC Group have come in stages, and the gap between a plan and a last day can run long. Lancaster's closing was announced in October 2018, but its layoffs weren't set to begin until July 2020, WITF reported, and HSN's St. Petersburg cuts came under two Florida notices filed in March and May 2025. Rocky Mount was different, since a fire shut it and QVC then chose not to rebuild, ABC11 reported. If your site is named in a consolidation plan, it's worth asking which date your pay and benefits run to, since the plan, the notice and the last day can sit far apart. If you're asked to stay for a later phase and offered separation benefits, you can ask the company to confirm in writing whether those benefits depend on staying and what happens if a new job comes first.

Moves inside the company have been on offer at some closings. Lancaster's staff were to be offered reassignment, and after the fire Rocky Mount's could apply for internal roles at other locations, ABC11 reported. If a transfer is offered alongside a severance package, it's worth asking whether taking one changes the other. If a package you're offered mentions COBRA, it's worth asking how long any reduced rate lasts and what the premium becomes after it, and there's more on how COBRA works. The 2023 package also extended access to the employee assistance program, Retail Dive reported, so if you're offered one, you can ask whether that access continues and for how long. If you're offered outplacement, the same question about when it ends applies, and if you're weighing a package, there's more on negotiating severance.

The bankruptcy reached people who had already left, too. The plan the court approved had QVC Group assume the employment-related agreements it held with current and former employees on April 16, 2026, or replace them with new ones, except where the plan says otherwise, according to the confirmation order. If you were being paid severance under an agreement signed before that date, you can ask the company in writing which of the two applied to yours. Operations outside the U.S. weren't part of the case, its April 16 release said. Equity fared worse, since the old company's shares and awards were canceled when the plan took effect, the emergence 8-K says.

If you were based at Studio Park in West Chester or at the Bethlehem fulfillment center, Pennsylvania's benefit rules are at Pennsylvania unemployment benefits, and HSN's former St. Petersburg staff can find Florida's at Florida unemployment benefits. The home and apparel brands, Ballard Designs, Frontgate, Garnet Hill and Grandin Road, had about 1,600 employees on December 31, 2025 and 35 stores around the country, and for those jobs and QVC Group sites in other states, the state-by-state benefit rules lay out each state's terms.

A sourced history of QVC Group layoffs

• August 2026, realignment drops two president roles

  QVC Group decided August 21 to drop the president jobs over its QxH and Growth units, with Stacy Bowe and Alex Wellen set to leave September 4, its August 27 8-K said.

• April 2026, QVC Group files prepackaged Chapter 11

  QVC Group and certain U.S. subsidiaries filed in Texas on April 16, its April 16 release said, and the emergence 8-K records the plan's July 20 confirmation and August 6 effective date.

• March 2025, about 900 roles cut as HSN's campus closes

  QVC Group announced on March 27 that it was eliminating about 900 roles at HSN, QVC U.S. and shared services, letting many go that day while others were to stay several months for the transition, with separation benefits and outplacement on offer, Retail Dive reported; the 2025 10-K has the St. Petersburg campus closed by September 30.

• Second quarter 2024, IT shift to managed services cuts jobs

  QVC's 2024 move of its global IT operating model to managed services brought a workforce reduction and $18 million in restructuring charges, according to the 2025 10-K.

• February 2023, Project Athens cuts 400 corporate jobs

  Qurate laid off 400 people, about 12% of corporate headcount, in QVC U.S., HSN and shared services roles, with severance, outplacement and extended team-rate COBRA, Retail Dive reported, and the 2025 10-K dates its completion to February 2023.

• April 2022, QVC decides not to rebuild Rocky Mount

  QVC chose not to rebuild its North Carolina center, where about 2,000 people worked, after a deadly December 2021 fire, ABC11 reported. It had pledged pay through January with extended health benefits.

• April 2020, Lancaster distribution center closing notice

  Qurate filed a Pennsylvania WARN notice to close QVC's Lancaster County distribution center, WITF reported, with 1,124 jobs set to end in stages from July 1 into early 2021 and reassignment on offer.

• October 2018, Qurate plans 350 cuts after buying HSN

  Within a year of buying HSN, Qurate set out to cut 350 jobs, mostly at HSN in St. Petersburg and Long Island, with severance and outplacement, the St. Pete Catalyst reported, and to close three warehouses with about 1,725 jobs, a plan WITF dates to October.

What to do if you're laid off from QVC Group

• File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. QVC Group's biggest hubs: Florida, Virginia, California, Ohio. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
• Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what QVC Group's hub states run: Florida, Virginia, California, Ohio, and every other state is here.
• Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
• Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
• Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.