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 internet hasn’t killed off the mail-order catalog. Discover a list of popular mail order catalogs from direct-to-consumer ...

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, ...

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 ...

Sears' mail-order catalogs from the 1950s and 1960s offered dogs, ponies, monkeys, and other animals for purchase. Sears offered live animals through its mail-order catalogs from 1956 to 1964. However ...

“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 ...

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...