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Lillian Vernon Corporation is an American catalog merchant and online retailer that sells household, children's and fashion accessory products. Founded in 1951 by Lillian Vernon ( a/k/a Lillian Menasche), out of her Mount Vernon, New York , apartment; the business name is a combination of her first name and her hometown.
The first color catalog was produced in 1989, continuing to depict products with illustrations rather than photos. Within the first year, the J. Peterman Company made $300,000 in sales on media ad space. In 1989, the company made $4.8 million in sales, and concluded its first deal with Hambro America.
Spiegel Spring/Summer 1958 Catalog. Spiegel was an American direct marketing retailer founded in 1865 by Joseph Spiegel.Spiegel published a catalog, like its competitors Sears, Aldens, and Montgomery Ward, which advertised various brands of apparel, accessories, and footwear, as well as housewares, toys, tools, firearms, and electronics.
Colony Brands owns many different catalog companies, including Ashro, Montgomery Ward, AmeriMark, The Swiss Colony, Wisconsin Cheeseman, Midnight Velvet, Ginny's, Monroe and Main, Country Door, Tender Filet, and Seventh Avenue, the latter of which is considered their flagship catalog.
Founded in 1872, Montgomery Ward pioneered mail-order catalog retailing and opened its first retail store in 1926. A bankruptcy reorganization in 1999 failed to turn the chain around. Closed 2001. Still exists as a catalog/internet/mail order retailer. Siegel-Cooper Company; Chas A. Stevens (Chicago) Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed.
The Sharper Image was founded by Richard Thalheimer. The company started in 1977 as a catalog business to sell jogging watches. [4] Later, through their catalog, [5] The Sharper Image expanded its product assortment to include high-end futuristic gadgets, electronics, massage chairs, and air purifiers. The Sharper Image eventually expanded to ...
Spencer Gifts was founded in 1947 in Easton, Pennsylvania by Max Spencer Adler (1897–1979) as a mail-order catalog which sold an assortment of novelty merchandise. [3] [4] The company moved all mail order and fulfillment operations to Atlantic City, NJ. In 1960, Max's brother, Harry, who had been with the company since 1947, sold his shares ...
The company launched a fourth catalog title, Milepost Four, targeting men. The title was sold to another company a few years later. [1] In 1997 the company raised $37.5 million through an IPO. Dennis and Ann Pence retained 75% ownership of the company. By that year 10% of the company's sales were coming from Japan and Canada. [1]