The layout of Amazon's catalog is strikingly similar to the now-discontinued Sears Wish Book, with images of toys and scattered across the page and information about each toy in the fine print ...

Amazon will be mailing out its first-ever holiday toy catalog to millions of shoppers this year. Amazon's toy catalog is reminiscent of the iconic holiday guides distributed by Sears and the ...

When I heard the news that Sears may finally be going out of business, I had two reactions: 1) You mean it’s still in business? And 2) How are children supposed to learn about the world’s vast array ...

The Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Christmas Catalog was the first indication for Tustin children that Christmas was coming when I was a youngster. We spent hours on the floor or our beds perusing the pages ...

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. However ...

Sears Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in White Plains, New York, the company announced this morning. The iconic company, which owns Sears and Kmart, said early Monday that it ...

Sears is bringing back its Wish Book holiday catalog after a six-year hiatus. “Our members told us they missed the Wish Book, so we had to bring it back, but in a special way that lets you share more ...

If you want to know what American life was like during the 20th century, there are two essential resources: LIFE magazine and the Sears Roebuck catalog. Google Books put the entire run of LIFE on the ...

That’s not a computer. Amazon sent an actual printed holiday catalog in the mail and at least two kids got a kick out of turning the pages. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Forty or so years after I ...