home shoppingn.
/ˌhəʊm ˈʃɒpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhoʊm ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ Shopping carried out from one's own home by ordering goods or services, usually from a catalogue, television channel, or (in later use) via any of various electronic media, esp. the internet.
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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > shopping > shopping by specific method
home shopping1874
mail order1906
self-service1913
self-serve1919
comparison shopping1921
teleshopping1944
full-service1978
online shopping1982
1874 Brazil (Relig. Tract Soc.) vi. 177 (running title) Home-shopping... She never goes shopping, but has the luxury brought to her own doors. Her wardrobe is almost entirely purchased at home.
1903 Atlanta Constit. 17 May 4/6 Every morning, over the telephone or by post, orders for the home shopping department are received.
1920 Cosmopolitan Nov. 92/1 (advt.) Easy home shopping... The Daniel Low ‘Gift Book’ places before you a most interesting display of unusual gifts.
1975 John Moores Catal. Autumn–Winter (front cover) For the best in home shopping.
1981 Christian Sci. Monitor (Electronic ed.) 16 Apr. (Financial section) 11 One sign of things likely to come is ‘The Home Shopping Show’, a 30-minute program that sells 10-minute time slots to manufacturers who want air time to talk about their products.
2000 Which? June 25/2 There's no organiser, but you get a phone, fax sender, five e-mail accounts and access to some home-shopping internet sites.
Compounds
home shopping channel n. originally North American a television channel broadcasting programmes in which items are offered for sale to viewers who may purchase them directly by telephone or (in later use) over the internet; = shopping channel n. at shopping n.2 Compounds 2.Also in the names of such channels.
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1981 TV Communications 1 Jan. 55/1 Developments..expected from Warner Amex Satellite Entertainment..[include]..a home shopping channel involving regional warehouses and Amex marketing expertise.
1983 Broadcasting 28 Nov. 76/1 (advt.) The Home Shopping Channel, America's original 24-hour a day shop at home cable TV station, needs new hosts.
1997 Billboard 20 Dec. 96/2 Both the album and EP are commercially available only through the QVC home-shopping channel.
2007 B. Prince in J. Canfield et al. Chicken Soup for Working Mom's Soul vii. 204 I found myself..lounging on the couch.., flipping through the endless sea of infomercials, home shopping channels, and..the late night comedy circuit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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