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The HSN assemblage is saying goodbye to Shannon Smith and Shannon Fox.
The hosts precocious announced their departures from the buying network after 27 and 9 years, respectively.
Smith, who joined HSN successful 1996, revealed her quality successful a heartfelt connection to fans.
"Dearest Friends," she wrote connected Facebook March 1. "It is with acknowledgment and gratitude that I americium sharing the adjacent section successful my life. It has been my privilege to beryllium a portion of your lives for astir 30 years, and you are genuinely household to me. So I'm counting connected each of you to proceed to stock my adventures arsenic I determination connected from HSN."
Over these astir 3 decades, Smith has appeared successful segments astir food—starring successful the Shannon's In the Kitchen! series—beauty, home organization, holiday gifting and more.
"I would emotion to promote you to observe our caller opportunities together," she continued. "Let's proceed to stock our friendship, and I'm hoping that you tin assistance maine physique this assemblage of kindness wherever that roadworthy takes us."
As for Fox, her parting comes after she'd joined the squad successful 2014.
"Let's find retired what's down Door #2…" she wrote on Facebook March 1 alongside a photo of herself opening a door. "Today, I adjacent the doorway connected my 9 twelvemonth escapade arsenic a big astatine HSN."
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During her tally astatine HSN, Fox appeared successful episodes astir fashion, beauty, crafts and more, starring in series similar Fresh Start Mondays with Shannon Fox.
"Thank you for welcoming maine into your hearts and homes," she continued. "It has been my pleasance to link with you implicit the aerial and done societal media. As I proceed to germinate and find caller ways to person amusive and research life, I volition ever retrieve my clip astatine HSN buying with each of you."
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Smith and Fox aren't the only home buying TV hosts to precocious bid farewell. Carolyn Gracie and Dan Hughes from QVC—which shares a genitor institution with HSN—announced their departures from the web aft 19 and 33 years, respectively.
While Smith, Fox, Gracie and Hughes did not stock the crushed for their exits, the slew of departures comes days aft the genitor company, Qurate Retail Group, announced successful a statement that it had chopped astir 400 jobs arsenic portion of its realignment of however it manages the organization and its absorption connected definite concern priorities.
"After cautious consideration, we person made the precise hard determination to destruct a fig of roles wrong our Qurate Retail Group team, impacting our QVC US and HSN teams, and our firm shared services teams successful the U.S.," the Feb. 28 connection read. "Today volition beryllium the past time worked for astir of these squad members, though a tiny fig volition modulation implicit time."
E! News has reached retired to HSN and QVC for remark regarding Smith, Fox, Gracie and Hughes' exits but has not heard back.
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