When Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced on Monday the demise of its catalog, the company closed the book on a major piece of Americana. The catalog’s significance to the American way of life was evident ...

A few weeks ago, while taking two of my now-teenage granddaughters shopping for outfits for a sports banquet, I became nostalgic. As we were walking through Penney’s, I tried to explain to them the ...

After all, it was only in 1967 that Lester Wunderman coined the term. In fact, the idea of selling products directly to consumers stretches back hundreds of years. In 1498, Aldus Manutius, a Venetian ...

Like a lot of people, I enjoy shopping on the Internet. Practically anything you want is available, with just a click of the mouse. You order, wait a few days, and voila - it arrives in your mailbox.

Sears, Roebuck and Co. will close the last of its catalog outlet stores – including three in Orlando – by the end of September, the company said Monday. Sears, which abandoned its 106-year-old catalog ...

To land his first copywriting job, my father was asked a question that still resonates today. In my father’s recently released memoir on his 50-year career in advertising, “Pickett, Plunkett and ...

One of the best things about showing the world to friends I have never met - and many that I have - is getting to learn about the folks with whom I am traveling. Most have led really interesting lives ...

1897 SEARS ROEBUCK CATALOGUE; introductions by S. J. Perelman and Richard Rovere. 786 pages. Chelsea House. $14.95. Any archaeologist knows that nothing gives a better picture of how vanished ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Not long ago, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. mail-order catalog was the ultimate ...