HSN cuts distribution center, 350 jobs

ST. PETERSBURG -- A distribution center consolidation will allow HSN Inc. to trim 5% of its workforce, merging operations of a Virginia location with a center in Tennessee.

The St. Petersburg-based cable television retailer says it will close its distribution center in Roanoke and move that work to Piney Flats, Tenn. The 18-month plan to close will cost HSN 350 of its existing 6,900 jobs nationwide.

The Roanoke closure will leave just three distribution centers for the company -- Piney Flats; Fontana, Calif.; and Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Of those facilities, HSN owns the Piney Flats real estate, and leases space in California and New York.