The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, January 19, 1995             TAG: 9501190449
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: (Staff)
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

SIX LOCAL BUSINESSES TO APPEAR ON QVC NETWORK

Six small businesses from Hampton Roads have been chosen to display everything from silver bracelets to mittens on QVC next month. Hundreds of entrepreneurs and small companies vied for a chance to win air-time on the national television shopping network. Buyers from West Chester, Pa.-based QVC Inc. recently handpicked 20 products from Virginia as part of the network's ``QVC's Quest for America's Best - The 50 in 50 Tour.'' This area's winners include Feelings Inc. of Virginia Beach and O.U.T. Labs of Norfolk. The others are Goldmarks, Design Master Associates, M. Shields Silversmiths and S'warms - all from Williamsburg. Norfolk's Rowena's was named as an alternate. by CNB