There are catalogs for overweight children, physically challenged people, tall women and short men. Chances are, if you’re out there, there’s a catalog with clothing for you. But Ebony Publications ...

It has been 62 years since Appleseed’s was founded in Beverly, and about 12 years since the women’s clothing retailer closed 17 retail stores – including a successful one in Cohasset – and became ...

The holiday season is upon us, full throttle, and although 2005 is already a vague memory in the futuristic minds of channel marketers focusing on summer 2006, the “Shopping Methods & Mindsets” study ...

In the 1880s, it was bustles and corsets. In the 1950s, it was girdles and cone-shaped brassieres. These days, it’s Spanx and liposuction. The White River Valley Museum’s “Suffer for Beauty” ...

The private-equity owner of the women’s clothing catalogs Spiegel and Newport News is close to buying Massachusetts-based mail-order company Appleseed’s, according to sources familiar with the deal.

Spiegel, Inc., and Ebony magazine, responding to a growing black consumer market, said Tuesday that they plan to launch a new clothing catalog for contemporary black women. The nation’s largest ...

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