The Jewelry Channel to Close
By JCK Online Staff -- JCK Online, June 17, 2008
A fledging jewelry television shopping channel based in Texas announced that it will cease operations and lay off its entire staff of 106 workers.
The Jewelry Channel Inc., launched out of a television studio in the Austin suburb of Round Rock in April, 2007, filed papers with the Texas Workforce Commission saying it will close August 4, the Austin Business Journal reports.
The 24/7 direct-sales broadcast channel owned by VGL Group of Jaibur, India, debuted in April 2007 and at the time, unveiled an ambitious growth plan that was to bring 700 jobs to Round Rock by 2012, the newspaper reports.
At the time of the channel's launch, Manoj Shrimali, senior vice president with VGL, said the company wanted to establish its U.S. channel in the central time zone and have access to an educated work force in a business-friendly environment, the newspaper reports. The Austin area, he said then, provided all of the above.
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I am not surprised you are closing. You need to take major lessons from GEMSTV. Their...
Janet Stechman - 2008-13-11 21:51:00 EST -
I'm sorry to see them go. I've bought several - okay, many rings from them and have found most...
April - 2008-27-10 10:57:00 EDT -
I am so sorry to see them go, Hopefully, they will find a way to come back. Dan and Sayed are...
Kathy - 2008-25-9 17:35:00 EDT -
After several failed attempts to purchase from the company. Mostly because the customer service...
DJD - 2008-1-9 16:45:00 EDT -
The Jewelry Channel debuted in my area in April 2008. I was so SHOCKED and disappointed to...
Stephanie Campbell - 2008-16-8 16:12:00 EDT
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