In an era of instant gratification, old-fashioned anticipation can reclaim its magic ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Thirty-five years ago, print media was having a renaissance. And the uncontested leader of the medium, with more cultural relevance than most magazines ...

Mail-order catalogs have been mostly dead for a while, but now Amazon is putting a new twist on the idea for the digital shopping age. But to the retailer, that’s the entire point. Just stop saying ...

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 ...