When TV home shopping came to Canada
There was a new way to shop in January 1987 and it meant you didn t even have to leave home.
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2:32The Home Shopping Club launches on Canadian TV in 1987 to a lukewarm reception.2:32
There was a new way to shop in January 1987 and it meant you didn t even have to leave home. It s the Home Shopping Club, carried free on almost 100 cable systems around the country, said Knowlton Nash, host of CBC s
The National, in January 1987.
To join the club, all you needed was a television and a telephone, said Nash.