Why Mail Order Catalogs Are Making a Comeback Growing up, my mom was queen of the mail order catalog. I remember getting everything from the gigantic Sears and JC Penny Wishbooks to catalogs for ...

Instead, he had the idea to sell entire houses by mail. In 1908, Sears published “Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans,” the first catalog devoted to mail-order homes.

But in the coming years, sales would begin to slow, barely hitting a 1% annual increase, and demand for catalogs — not just from J.Crew, but mail-order catalogs in general — began to wane.

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 ...

L.L. Bean was a pioneer of the mail-order catalog after its founder promoted his famous “Maine Hunting Shoe” to hunting license holders from out-of-state in 1912.

Like a number of DTC brands, Zappos rediscovered the power of the oldest form of direct-to-consumer commerce, the mail order catalog. Zappos is mailing out a traditional back-to-school print ...

Whether ordering from print catalogs or online, gardeners would likely tell you that mail order is their least preferred way to purchase plants — and I generally agree.

As soon as there was consumer electronics there were mail-order catalog companies slaking the thirst of the gadget-crazy, and [Cabel Sasser] is here with a look at both their heyday and their ...

Whether ordering from print catalogs or online, gardeners would likely tell you that mail order is their least preferred way to purchase plants — and I generally agree.

From 1908 to 1942, Sears sold approximately 75,000 mail-order home kits. The Sears catalog homes were called “modern” at the time because they included the latest in home conveniences—like ...

From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold kit homes through a mail-order catalog. Cincinnati reportedly has more Sears homes than anywhere else.