Qurate Retail, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Basis of Presentation (Details)

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Basis of Presentation (Details) shares in Millions, $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2017 shares	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	May 23, 2018	Mar. 09, 2018 item
Basic of presentation
Number Of Tracking Stock \| item						2
Costs associated with QRG Initiatives			$ 41
LMC
Basic of presentation
Related Party Transaction, Amounts of Transaction		$ 8	8	$ 11
GCI Liberty
Basic of presentation
Tax sharing payable		$ 95	$ 114
HSN, Inc.
Basic of presentation
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	62.00%
HSN, Inc. \| Common Class A
Basic of presentation
Business Acquisition Equity Interests Issued or Issuable Number Of Shares Issued Per Shares Acquired	1.65
Stock Issued During Period Shares Acquisitions \| shares	53.6
QVC common stock
Basic of presentation
Share exchange ratio					1
QVC common stock \| HSN, Inc. \| Common Class A
Basic of presentation
Business Acquisition Equity Interests Issued or Issuable Number Of Shares Issued Per Shares Acquired	1.65
Stock Issued During Period Shares Acquisitions \| shares	53.6
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class A
Basic of presentation
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						1
Liberty Ventures common stock \| Common Class B
Basic of presentation
Spilt-Off redemption ratio						1
HSN, Inc. \| Transfer to entity under common control \| QVC
Basic of presentation
Ownership interest in investee			100.00%

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