mail order catalog
Home shopping magazine
A mail order catalog is a printed booklet or magazine displaying merchandise that customers can purchase by sending orders through the mail.
Before internet shopping, these catalogs—from Sears, JCPenney, and countless specialty retailers—were how rural and suburban Americans accessed goods unavailable locally.
The term persists even as most catalogs now direct customers to websites: I still get the L.L.Bean mail order catalog every fall.
- wishbookMail-order merchandise catalog
- wish listEnumeration of wants
- glossySmooth and shiny
- pagesBound paper sheets
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
postage · 800 number · merchandise · browse · JCPenney · doorstep · delivery · thumbing · dog-eared · toll-free · Christmas · gift ideas · lingerie · appliances · product description · stamps · checkout · money back guarantee
mail order catalogretail shop
Consumer goods establishment
in-store shopping · department store · shopping mall · boutique · market stall
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