HSN - It All Started with 112 Can Openers...

...and grew into a business delivering more than $3 billion worth of products to consumers annually. In 1977 an advertiser on a Clearwater, FL, radio station couldn’t pay his bill but had some green Rival can openers he offered instead. DJ Bob Circosta sold them on air for $9.95 each. He awakened a hunger in consumers for more of the same – giving birth to electronic retailing and what is now HSN, the original home shopping network. Enjoy this 2-minute history of HSN as you watch home shopping evolve and grow.