Kim Gravel is feeling grateful after being named QVC’s Vendor of the 12 months for 2024.
“My partnership with QVC has been a dream come true,” Gravel wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, July 1. “To everybody who has watched a present or purchased a pair of Flexibelles, I’m actually grateful for you!”
She added, “Being named Vendor of the 12 months by @QVC is likely one of the most significant milestones of my profession. It’s a celebration of what’s doable whenever you lead with coronary heart, keep rooted in function, and consider in what you’re constructing, regardless of whenever you begin.”
Gravel shared her message alongside her official Vendor of the 12 months announcement, which learn, “Kim Gravel has been awarded the celebrated Vendor of the 12 months Award for her distinctive contributions and success throughout a number of classes at QVC. Her rebrand from Belle Magnificence to Love Who You Are (LWYA) launched in January and achieved over $19 million in its first yr, surpassing the gross sales plan of $14 million.”
In line with the announcement, her Belle by Kim Gravel vogue model “has develop into QVC’s largest attire model” since its launch in 2016, having grown “considerably from 2023 to 2024.” She continued to develop her success by increasing her model into dwelling décor along with her vacation line, “A Kim Gravel Christmas.”
“Her partaking character and dedication to the shopper expertise have made her a favourite amongst QVC clients,” the announcement learn. “Moreover, her partnership with Ideas Embellished has been invaluable, embodying the ‘created by girls, for ladies’ mantra.”
Gravel — who additionally based the sweetness model Love Who You Are — was congratulated by followers and fellow QVC hosts within the publish’s feedback for her accomplishment. “Congratulations, sis – nicely deserved!!!” QVC’s Mary DeAngelis wrote, whereas Pat James DeMentri commented, “Congratulations 🥂so nicely deserved 👏👏👏👏 Tremendous pleased with you❤️‼️❤️.”
Candace Cameron Bure additionally hopped within the feedback part, writing, “Congratulations!!!!!!! Properly deserved!!” In a remark of his personal, Lawrence Zarian acknowledged, “So nicely deserved, and, as at all times, there’s sufficient room in your coattails to open up the door for others, so their life might be modified, for good!”
Earlier this yr, Gravel shared in an interview with Us Weekly that she considers QVC followers to be extra than simply clients. “I name them our women and our mates, as a result of now we have actually carried out life with these folks,” she shared in Could. “It’s not a enterprise. It’s a household. It’s a group, and the enterprise simply occurs as a result of we’re within the folks enterprise. We’re not within the product enterprise.”
Noting that followers might be assured she’s “there and trustworthy” on the small display screen, she added, “One time I used to be sitting on there, and I simply appeared on the digicam and mentioned, ‘Look, y’all. In the event you don’t need this, you ain’t bought the cash, don’t purchase it.’ And I keep in mind in my ear, the producer mentioned, ‘Spike in gross sales.’ I believe that we constructed belief with one another.”