The pages of the 1942 Sears Christmas catalog held much that might seem quaintly old-fashioned today. The department store retailer’s easy payment plan, which could be laid out in a simple grid, has ...

The holiday shopping campaigns have already begun: by way of TV ads, emails, social media, and — increasingly — catalogs. Yes, real paper ads that arrive in your mailbox, those are becoming more ...

Just about every week, dozens of catalogs show up in my mailbox. Yesterday, there were 15 of them. I kept two: Gump’s and Smithsonian. A lot of people are surprised that catalogs even exist anymore.

Artists from Bruce Springsteen to Justin Bieber are selling their catalogs. A group of music artists that includes legends like Whitney Houston, through her estate, and Bob Dylan have sold all or part ...

Many things made with paper have become relics because of computers and the Internet: the Rolodex, multivolume encyclopedias, even physical maps. Now take a look in your mailbox or somewhere around ...

In 1990, American shopping malls reached their apogee: A dizzying 19 malls opened within the year. These million-square-foot indoor retail centers provided entertainment, food, and, above all else, ...

A certain Wall Street Journal article has been causing quite a stir lately. The article discusses the fact that big retailers such as Bonobos, IKEA, Athleta and H&M are releasing traditional print ...

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Babylonian astronomers created early star catalogs as early as the 12th century BCE, later expanding these to include celestial motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets by 1000 BCE. The Messier (M) ...

Despite two decades of email and social media marketing, and the digitization of the consumer experience, catalog mailings have been steadily increasing since 2015. What’s more is that consumers are ...