NatuReal’s attorneys say it was HSN and its parent company, Qurate Retail Group, that used their size and reach to take advantage of their client.“The opportunity to do business with HSN, particularly once QVC and HSN merged into Qurate Retail Group, was the classic case of dangling the carrot in front of a horse,” said Christopher D. Cathey, an attorney representing NatuReal. The three-story residence in the Culbreath Isles neighborhood was listed … New York-based inventor, entrepreneur Joy Mangano has sold her vacation home in Tampa, Florida, for $2 million. The lawsuit says NatuReal only received about half the money. Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. Mangano was born in 1956, in East Meadow, New York, to Mangano is a named inventor of 71 patent families and 126 distinct patent publications In 1990 after growing frustrated with ordinary mops, Mangano developed her first invention, the Miracle Mop, a self-wringing plastic mop with a head made from a continuous loop of 300 feet (90 meters) of cotton that can be easily wrung out without getting the user's hands wet. HSN’s lawyers pushed for the case to be handled in Pinellas County because the shopping network’s offices are in St. Petersburg.Miracle Clean’s line of 20 cleaning products launched in September of 2018.
She was the face of the product, inspiring the movie Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
They include tennis star In 1997, Mangano was named Long Island Entrepreneur of the Year by In 2018, it was reported that a production depicting Joy Mangano’s life story is being developed by Tony-winning producer Ken Davenport, who acquired the musical rights and plans to bring it to the stage.Mangano married Tony Miranne in 1978 shortly after both graduated from With her own savings and investments from family and friends, she made a prototype and manufactured 1000 units.After selling the mop at trade shows and in local stores on Long Island, she sold 1,000 units on consignment to In 2005, Mangano was a judge on the cable reality show Mangano has partnered with celebrities and other television personalities to bring their products to HSN.
By December of 2018, Mangano left HSN.NatuReal’s lawyers point to a written agreement with Ingenious Design that says the company would pay it $3.3 million to make Mangano’s line of cleaning products. Some of them speculate the former HSN queen’s silence could be because of a non-compete or nondisclosure contract.
Immediately after her departure, the $3.3 million deal NatuReal had with the network crumbled, according to the lawsuit.Mangano founded Ingenious Designs, the HSN subsidiary that made the deal with NatuReal to create “Joy Mangano’s Miracle Clean." A busy working mom, Joy … A Boca Raton company that created cleaning products for Miracle Mop inventor and infomercial star Joy Mangano is suing HSN, saying the television shopping network owes it millions of dollars.The Florida company, NatuReal, says in its lawsuit that it began creating the cleaning products in 2015.
HSN’s attorneys responded by saying such documents would not be relevant and would invade the privacy of a “nonparty,” meaning Mangano.Mangano’s personal website for the Joy brand no longer works. After the product launched on TV — sold live by Mangano on HSN — the lawsuit says Ingenious Design executives told NatuReal to be ready to increase production because of record sales that night.Cathey says the company is owed more than $3 million because it purchased supplies to make more cleaner on Ingenious Designs’ instruction.
“HSN and Qurate manipulated NatuReal into extending pricing advantages and obtaining inventory based upon promises of millions of dollars of orders that never came.”A spokeswoman for Qurate said it does not comment on pending litigation.The lawsuit was originally filed last year in Palm Beach County, where NatuReal is based. Despite being told to make more, the lawsuit says HSN backed out of those additional orders.“Our position in the lawsuit is that HSN used its power as a retail heavyweight to take advantage of a small Florida-based company,” Cathey said.Miracle Clean is no longer available on HSN’s website. It laid off its 66 employees.
But Mangano isn’t named as a defendant or as a plaintiff in the lawsuit.
After that, she continued working as a face of the network, also selling other products like her “huggable hangers.” HSN now sells the hangers without Mangano’s name attached.Court documents show that NatuReal’s attorneys wanted HSN and Ingenious Designs to provide documents about Mangano’s break from HSN. The Tampa Bay Times left a voicemail at the phone number listed on the Joy Facebook page and did not hear back.Some posters complain they’re struggling to find the mop that made Mangano famous for sale now that it’s not on HSN’s website.Visit the Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Fla.) at What it takes for Black girls to become leaders, according to Michelle ObamaNew coronavirus guidelines to protect restaurant and retail employees announced by CDC But shortly after they debuted on the shopping network in 2018, Mangano left HSN.
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