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The company was founded in 1926 in Monroe, Wisconsin, a town with a strong concentration of Swiss immigrants and a storied history of cheese production. Ray Kubly, then a senior at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, completed a project for one of his classes by analyzing the business case for selling Green County cheese via mail order.
AmeriMark Direct was an American privately held mail order and direct marketing company founded in 1969 and based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.It operated 10 catalogs and 7 websites [1] and specialized in ladies apparel, shoes, jewelry and accessories, perfumes, fragrances and cosmetics, diet and weight loss, personal care products, As Seen on TV products and housewares.
In the mid-2000s, Blair began to struggle with declining sales, due to the recession in the economy. [9] In 2007, Blair shareholders approved a merger deal with Appleseed's (later renamed Orchard Brands), a subsidiary of Golden Gate Capital Partners. [10] Orchard Brands is a holding of several different catalog retailers who target the same market.
In 1947, the company was the fourth-largest mail-order distributor in the United States with $79.2 million in sales and changed its name to Aldens, Inc. [2] In 1957, sales were $102.4 million, they had 4,795 employees, and operated catalog telephone stores in 68 cities. [2]
Uncommon Goods, LLC is a Brooklyn-based, privately held, American online and catalog retailer, founded in 1999.The Uncommon Goods website launched in July, 2000. The company sells small production gifts for children, teens, and adults, home accents, jewelry, accessories, kitchen and home entertaining items, art, games, books, food and drink, and DIY kits.
It specialises in online sales, trading via catalogues, and according to 2018 statistics it operates 30 retail stores to maintain public recognition. The company offers about 3 000 brands in total. It appeared on the market as a catalog seller in 1986, and in 2012 was purchased by TJX Companies for 200 mln dollars.
The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, now Thomas, [1] is an online platform for supplier discovery and product sourcing in the US and Canada. It was once known as the "big green books" and "Thomas Registry", and was a multi-volume directory of industrial product information covering distributors, manufacturers and service companies [2] within thousands [3] of industrial categories ...
Delia's, Inc. (stylized as dELiA*s) was a lifestyle brand of apparel and accessories, primarily targeting girls and young women. From its founding in 1993 through the early 2010s, Delia's was an independent retailer and direct marketer, and in its prime was the leading marketer to 10 to 24-year-old females in the United States, with labels for preteen girls (#deliasgirls) 7-13 and girls ...