Sears’ bankruptcy filing on Monday drummed up plenty of nostalgia for its heyday as the world’s biggest retailer. As Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. works to save its business, there’s no ...

WASHINGTON — Even if you didn’t order anything from last year’s Ikea catalog, the annual, full-color, 300-plus-page paper edition can be put to good use. Ikea will use shredded, recycled catalogs as ...

Gen Z TikTokers are getting a glimpse into the past, thanks to vintage catalogs — and the content is making them nostalgic for a time they’ve never known. But in a new trend, TikTok accounts devoted ...

Here is a blast from the past. My audio guru pal Steve Williams found these old Allied Electronics catalogs at the electronics flea market last Saturday. We all had a great time flipping through them ...

If you're wondering what happened to The Sharper Image, America's one-stop shop for overpriced junk, this sad tête-à-tête from their website sums it up nicely: Q. What happened to the Sharper Image ...

Though catalogs are using bigger and better photos and less text, they are increasingly a go-to medium to entice shoppers, even by online-only retailers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bonobos, ...

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Steve Williams, my ever-vigilant audio guru friend just sent a couple cute links. One is for a site that archives old Radio Shack catalogs. It includes the 1939 catalog, although it is on that ...

Startups like Jellysmack and Spotter are spending millions buying up old YouTube videos. The investment strategy is similar to the practice of purchasing music and film rights. But some experts said ...