Remember those good old days when department stores were the heartbeat of shopping? You'd stroll through the aisles, sipping ...
The e-retailer has confirmed it will mail its first printed toy catalog to millions of customers this month, reports CNBC. The catalog, titled “A Holiday of Play,” is a throwback to the old Toys R Us ...
Trevor Testwuide is the CEO and co-founder of Measured. Views are the author's own. The Sears Roebuck catalog was direct to consumer before DTC was an acronym, and for more than 100 years, it was the ...
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When the Sears Wish Book made Christmas magical

The arrival of the Sears Wish Book catalog was always a monumental event at Christmas, and for kids like my brother, sister ...
Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.