Shoe shopping takes on a whole
new meaning during breast cancer
awareness month – fabulous shoes
at HALF the
manufacturer’s suggested retail
price.
QVC®
once again has joined forces
with the Fashion Footwear
Association of New York (FFANY)
to broadcast QVC Presents
“FFANY Shoes on Sale,”
a charitable shoe sale for
breast cancer research and
education.
This year’s program is scheduled
to air on Wednesday, October
15, 2008 from 7 PM – 10
PM (ET).
For the past 14 years, QVC
Presents “FFANY Shoes on
Sale” has sold
over one million
pairs of shoes and has donated
over $28 million to
the cause.
This year, more than 100,000
pairs of shoes from over 98
brands will be sold for half the
manufacturer’s suggested retail
price, with net proceeds
benefiting breast cancer
research
and education institutions,
including:
·
The Abramson
Cancer Center of the University
of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
·
The Alvin J.
Siteman Cancer Center at
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and
Washington University School of
Medicine – St. Louis, Missouri
·
The Breast Cancer
Research Foundation – New York,
New York
·
The Gillette
Center for Women’s Cancers at
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute –
Brookline, Massachusetts
·
The John Wayne
Cancer Institute Breast Center
at Saint John's Health Center –
Santa Monica, California
·
The Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins – Baltimore,
Maryland
·
The University of
Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center’s Breast Oncology Program
– Ann Arbor, Michigan
·
The Winthrop P.
Rockefeller Cancer Institute of
the University of Arkansas for
Medical Sciences – Little Rock,
Arkansas
The event’s two
special benefactors, the Nine
West Footwear Corporation and
the Brown Shoe Company, are
donating nearly 20,000 pairs
each,
bringing shoe shoppers such
brands as Enzo
Angiolini,
Bandolino and AK Anne Klein as
well as Via Spiga, Etienne
Aigner and Carlos by Carlos
Santana. Other companies
generously donating shoes
include Michael by Michael Kors,
Coach Footwear, Cape Clogs,
Taryn Rose, Max Studio, Calvin
Klein, UGG Australia, Timberland
and
many, many more.
A special selection of
additional styles will be
available on www.QVC.com.
In addition to
the October 15 scheduled
broadcast, shoppers may also
contribute to the cause by
purchasing the “Shoe of the
Day” offered each weekday
during the month of October on
QVC
from 7 AM – 9 AM (ET), or from the online collection offered
through QVC.com beginning
October 1 and continuing
throughout the month.
Shoes will be
available through QVC by calling
800.345.1515 or by visiting
www.QVC.com,
while supplies last.
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About QVC
QVC, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Liberty Media
Corporation attributed to the
Liberty Interactive Group (Nasdaq:
LINTA), is one of the largest
multimedia retailers in the
world, with annual revenue of
more than $7 billion. QVC is
committed to providing its
customers with thousands of the
most innovative and contemporary
beauty, fashion, jewelry and
home products. Its programming
is distributed to more than 166
million homes worldwide. The
company’s Web site, QVC.com, is
ranked among the top general
merchant
Internet sites. With
subsidiaries in the United
Kingdom, Germany and Japan, West
Chester, Pa.-based QVC has
shipped more than a billion
packages in its 22-year history.
About the Fashion Footwear
Charitable Foundation
The Fashion Footwear Charitable
Foundation was created to
support ongoing research and
education programs in the fight
against breast cancer and is
supported by members of the
Fashion Footwear Association of
New York (FFANY). Donated
footwear is sold on live
television through QVC during
the Fashion Footwear Charitable
Foundation’s annual charity
benefit, QVC Presents “FFANY
Shoes on Sale.” Net proceeds
are distributed to leading
breast cancer research and
education institutions across
the United States, including
beneficiaries
for the 2008 event: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of
Pennsylvania; The Breast Cancer
Research Foundation; The
Gillette Center for Women’s
Cancers at Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute; The University of
Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center’s
Breast Oncology Program;
The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute of the University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences; The Alvin
J. Siteman Cancer Center at
Barnes-Jewish Hospital and
Washington University School of
Medicine; The Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at
Johns Hopkins
and John Wayne Cancer Institute Breast Center at Saint John's Health
Center. The Fashion Footwear
Charitable Foundation makes its
home at 1414 6th Avenue, Suite
203, New York, NY 10019.