QVC acquires HSN for 2.1 billion, CRIMSON is engaged on a smartphone, SoundCloud loses its San Francisco and London workplaces and Microsoft is laying off 1000’s of individuals. The HSN acquisition will not be full until the fourth quarter of 2017, says Liberty Interactive. 3. Betterware – A successful UK dwelling buying firm, selling to customers within the UK & Eire, mainland Europe, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Malta, Cyprus & Central America. E-commerce gross sales made up 9 p.c — or about $111 billion — of retail gross sales totalling $1.three trillion in the second quarter, based on the US Census Bureau A 3rd of of those come from cell devices,…