Before the internet revolutionized shopping, mail-order catalogs were the primary way many Americans bought products from the comfort of their homes. Baby Boomers grew up flipping through glossy pages ...

While mail-order companies may seem like a relic of the past, they served an important role in retail history and continue to operate to this day. Mail-order catalogs are physical books or booklets ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However, some versions of those catalogs — possibly ...

Thirty-five years ago, print media was having a renaissance. And the uncontested leader of the medium, with more cultural relevance than most magazines or books, was a clothing catalog, delivered free ...

We retired folk have a lot of time to pay attention to things that working people might ignore. Take mail order catalogs, for instance. We get a lot of catalogs from a lot of different companies. Many ...

Monday’s announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant’s collapse in recent years. Still, the news inspired ...

“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 ...