After 54 years, the final Fingerhut catalog will hit mailboxes next week. Layoffs of the more than 6,000 employees will begin in earnest by the end of February and be completed this summer. “We’re ...

The Fingerhut catalog is re-launching with a fall/winter book to be mailed Nov. 9. A Web site, www.fingerhut.com, will also be launched sometime in the next 30 days, said Mary Pernula, spokesperson ...

Federated Department Stores Inc. said it is moving to close its Fingerhut catalog and Internet operations, completely dismantling the bold and costly e-commerce foray it made nearly three years ago.