print catalog

Shopping by mail

A print catalog is a bound publication displaying products or services available for purchase, typically mailed to customers or distributed in stores.

Before e-commerce, print catalogs from companies like Sears and L.L.Bean were primary shopping tools for rural Americans.

The format persists alongside digital alternatives: The holiday print catalog arrived in November.

Also called a mail-order catalog.

Related

pages · order · browse · wishlist · special offer · flip · page corners · thumbnail · merchandise · home decor · seasonal · holiday edition · gift guide · holiday · shipping · subscription · mailing list · mailbox

Categories
Opposites
medium/format

print catalogwebsite

Online page collection

online catalog · digital catalog · e-catalog · mobile app · online marketplace

distribution method

print catalogstreaming service

Internet media delivery platform

temporality/updateability

print cataloglive feed

Real-time video transmission

Family

print, catalog, prints, printed, printing, printer, printers, printable, reprint

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G