Qurate Retail, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Operations) (Details)

Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Subsidiary Financial Information (Statement of Operations) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net revenue	$ 1,938us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 1,986us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Cost of goods sold	1,221us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	1,256us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	717us-gaap_GrossProfit	730us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating expenses:
Operating	168us-gaap_OperatingCostsAndExpenses	178us-gaap_OperatingCostsAndExpenses
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation	150	148
Depreciation	33us-gaap_Depreciation	33us-gaap_Depreciation
Amortization	120us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	111us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Operating expenses	471us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	470us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Operating income	246us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	260us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other (expense) income:
Equity in losses of investee	(1)	(1)
Interest expense, net	(59)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet	(62)us-gaap_InterestIncomeExpenseNet
Foreign currency gain (loss)	10	(1)
Intercompany interest (expense) income	0qvc_IntercompanyInterestExpenseIncome	0qvc_IntercompanyInterestExpenseIncome
Nonoperating (expense) income	(50)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(64)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	196	196
Income tax expense	(72)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(74)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax	0qvc_EquityInEarningsOfSubsidiary	0qvc_EquityInEarningsOfSubsidiary
Net income	124us-gaap_ProfitLoss	122us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(9)	(9)
Net income attributable to QVC, Inc. stockholder	115us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	113us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Parent issuer- QVC, Inc.
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net revenue	1,380	1,343
Cost of goods sold	859	842
Gross profit	521	501
Operating expenses:
Operating	101	79
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation	242	223
Depreciation	10	9
Amortization	59	52
Operating expenses	412	363
Operating income	109	138
Other (expense) income:
Equity in losses of investee	0	0
Interest expense, net	(58)	(53)
Foreign currency gain (loss)	12	(2)
Intercompany interest (expense) income	(6)	(5)
Nonoperating (expense) income	(52)	(60)
Income before income taxes	57	78
Income tax expense	(26)	20
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax	93	24
Net income	124	122
Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(9)	(9)
Net income attributable to QVC, Inc. stockholder	115	113
Combined subsidiary guarantors
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net revenue	202	191
Cost of goods sold	25	24
Gross profit	177	167
Operating expenses:
Operating	57	56
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation	0	1
Depreciation	3	1
Amortization	40	39
Operating expenses	100	97
Operating income	77	70
Other (expense) income:
Equity in losses of investee	0	0
Interest expense, net	0	0
Foreign currency gain (loss)	0	0
Intercompany interest (expense) income	11	13
Nonoperating (expense) income	11	13
Income before income taxes	88	83
Income tax expense	(25)	(24)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax	9	(48)
Net income	72	11
Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	0	0
Net income attributable to QVC, Inc. stockholder	72	11
Combined non-guarantor subsidiaries
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net revenue	657	732
Cost of goods sold	386	447
Gross profit	271	285
Operating expenses:
Operating	89	101
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation	81	89
Depreciation	20	23
Amortization	21	20
Operating expenses	211	233
Operating income	60	52
Other (expense) income:
Equity in losses of investee	(1)	(1)
Interest expense, net	(1)	(9)
Foreign currency gain (loss)	(2)	1
Intercompany interest (expense) income	(5)	(8)
Nonoperating (expense) income	(9)	(17)
Income before income taxes	51	35
Income tax expense	(21)	(70)
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax	0	0
Net income	30	(35)
Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	(9)	(9)
Net income attributable to QVC, Inc. stockholder	21	(44)
Eliminations
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Net revenue	(301)	(280)
Cost of goods sold	(49)	(57)
Gross profit	(252)	(223)
Operating expenses:
Operating	(79)	(58)
Selling, general and administrative, including stock-based compensation	(173)	(165)
Depreciation	0	0
Amortization	0	0
Operating expenses	(252)	(223)
Operating income	0	0
Other (expense) income:
Equity in losses of investee	0	0
Interest expense, net	0	0
Foreign currency gain (loss)	0	0
Intercompany interest (expense) income	0	0
Nonoperating (expense) income	0	0
Income before income taxes	0	0
Income tax expense	0	0
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries, net of tax	(102)	24
Net income	(102)	24
Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling interest	9	9
Net income attributable to QVC, Inc. stockholder	$ (93)	$ 33