‘Tis the season when mailboxes start overflowing with holiday catalogs. That’s because in-home shopping has become increasingly important to the nation’s retailers, especially in the weeks leading up ...

Shopping by mail can be a convenient and effective way to shop, but while some catalogs are desirable and useful, others are just junk sent by direct-mail marketers. Catalogs for products you don’t ...

Go to any high place overlooking the Lehigh Valley at dusk to really appreciate how many people break the law on Independence Day. The thunder and sparkle of fireworks will fill the sky for the next ...

The internet hasn’t killed off the mail-order catalog. Discover a list of popular mail order catalogs from direct-to-consumer clothing and home brands who are banking on physical snail-mail pieces as ...

“Aren’t you sick of all the catalogs in the mail?” asked my friend Kelly over lunch the other day. “Not in the least,” I said, in my deservedly authoritative manner. Catalogs are one of the shrinking ...

If you're clicking through the internet today hoping to do a little shopping, you likely have Aaron Montgomery Ward to thank. Ward's catalog was a single sheet offering 163 items. By 1884, the catalog ...

Doug Krizner: On today’s list of annoying things: unwanted catalogs stuffed in your mail box. Now there’s an online service to help you choose what you get, and it saves a few trees along the way.

JCPenney will send out 10 million copies of its Christmas Catalog this fall. The redesigned catalog will feature merchandise grouped by themes such as “gifts under $25,” “gifts for him or her,” “gifts ...

PORTLAND, Maine—Catalog shopper Kerry Falagario would be hard-pressed to tell that there’s been a decrease in catalog circulation. They’re coming fast and furious this time of the year: catalogs from ...

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 ...

To reach readers of its office supply and furniture catalogs, Chicago-based Reliable Corp. expects to spend an additional $1.7 million this year to cover last February`s postal rate increase. Consumer ...