More than half of all catalog orders are now being placed online. Not surprisingly, this has led to many marketers eliminating order forms from their print catalogs. But such a move shouldn’t be based ...

In one TV commercial from this year’s Toys R Us holiday campaign, a mom sweats through her cycling workout while her suspiciously helpful daughter tries to stir up a breeze. “I’m just gonna leave this ...

Catalog shopping dates back more than a hundred years and continues to be popular as consumers look for ways to save time over shopping at local malls. With a ready-made consumer base, a savvy catalog ...

All of us in the rural South (many years ago) used to order most everything from the mail-order catalogs. Sears was then called Sears Roebuck & Co. and was the biggest mail-order company, followed by ...

“Sports suits” and “suspender skirts” might not be the focus of New York Fashion Week but we’re enjoying the vintage charm found in a Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection from the early 20th ...

The Figi's mail order catalog, known for its offerings like holiday gifts and gourmet food, recently shut down its catalog division. The state of Wisconsin is famous for a number of things — beer, ...

If you're clicking through the internet today hoping to do a little shopping, you likely have Aaron Montgomery Ward to thank. Ward's catalog was a single sheet offering 163 items. By 1884, the catalog ...

May 19 (Reuters) - Sundance Holdings Group LLC, the U.S. artisan mail-order catalog company founded by actor Robert Redford, is working with investment bank Lazard Ltd to explore a sale of the company ...

Fifty years ago this month, a 29-year-old former army paratrooper flew back to his home in California from his father’s funeral in Illinois. As the nation’s heartland scrolled beneath his plane’s ...