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 ...

“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, ...

Connie, my wife, is a mail-order catalog shopper. Given her busy work schedule, mail-order catalog shopping is quick and convenient, an effective utilization of her spare time. The system works ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

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 ...

Lillian Vernon, whose kitchen-table notion to sell monogrammed handbags and belts spawned one of America’s best-known mail-order catalog businesses, has died. She was 88. She died Monday in New York ...