As Chester County’s #2 employer (Vanguard is #1), you probably know someone who works at the West Goshen cable, satellite and broadcast television home shopping network.

But did you know the company was founded by Joseph Segel, the same guy who started Franklin Mint and hosts receive an average of 6 months of training before their allowed on air?

Here are 12 miscellaneous QVC factoids you may not know:

1. QVC’s went live on November 24, 1986, with a host presenting a $12 shower radio. Sales that first day totaled $7,400.

2. With broadcast operations in the US, Japan, Germany, UK, Italy, France and a joint venture in China, QVC reaches approximately 360 million homes worldwide.

3. With sales of $8.7 billion, QVC ranks as the number two television network in terms of revenue.

4. In 2015, QVC’s international sales accounted for $2.4B or 28 percent of the company’s net revenue.

5. 90 percent of QVC’s purchases are made by repeat customers.

6. Among mass merchants, QVC is ranked as the #3 mobile retailer in the US.

7. With ecommerce sales of $3.9B, QVC is the fourth leading multi-category web retailer in North America.

8. QVC presents on average 773 new products in it’s US broadcasts every week.

9. QVC shipped approximately 179 million products in 2015 across its global markets.

10. For every order taken by QVC, the company estimates another 10 people are watching the its presentation.

11. QVC’s live US broadcasts are supported by 26 hosts each working a one-to-four-hour shift  between two and five days a week.

12. The company’s West Goshen Studio Park complex, which houses QVC’s corporate headquarters, studio and broadcasting facilities, is the former corporate offices of one-time Apple rival, Commodore Business Machines.