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Domestication (not to be confused with the taming of an individual animal [3] [4] [5]), is from the Latin domesticus, 'belonging to the house'. [6] The term remained loosely defined until the 21st century, when the American archaeologist Melinda A. Zeder defined it as a long-term relationship in which humans take over control and care of another organism to gain a predictable supply of a ...
TLA Entertainment Group is a privately held corporation based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was founded in 1981. Originally formed to operate a repertory movie theater, the company subsequently moved into catalog and online sales, retail stores, film festivals and film distribution. The catalog began as a pornographi
International Male was a mail-order clothing brand and, at one point in the brand's history, carried brick-and-mortar stores of the same name. The company that created and owns the brand, originally Brawn of California, started in 1974–1975, has since been sold in its entirety in 1987 to Hanover Direct, based in New Jersey.
Luria's – originally L. Luria & Son, was a chain of catalog showroom stores in Florida, from 1961 to 1997. Service Merchandise – closed all its retail stores by early 2002; the name was resurrected in 2004 for an online retail operation [41] [42] Witmark – operated in southwestern Michigan; founded 1969, liquidated 1997 [43] [44]
1922 – Johnson Smith Catalog grows to 400 pages, employing more than 150 people. The company is moved to Racine, Wisconsin after Alfred fails at publishing a magazine that competed against The Saturday Evening Post. 1923 – The catalog grows to 576 pages, with 100,000 copies being printed. 1923–1935 – Throughout the Depression, sales ...
Best Products Company, Inc., or simply Best, was a chain of American catalog showroom retail stores founded by Sydney and Frances Lewis in 1957 and formerly headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company was in existence for four decades before closing all of their stores by February 1997 and completely liquidating by December 1998.
The Fedco Reporter was the store's catalog and magazine. Board President Robert Kee and Edward Butterworth were instrumental in establishing the Reporter. Edward Butterworth rose from company attorney to Board member to the position of CEO.
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]