The layout of Amazon's catalog is strikingly similar to the now-discontinued Sears Wish Book, with images of toys and scattered across the page and information about each toy in the fine print ...

The Sears, Roebuck & Co.’s Christmas Catalog was the first indication for Tustin children that Christmas was coming when I was a youngster. We spent hours on the floor or our beds perusing the pages ...

My mother gave me the coolest thing ever — the 1964 Spring and Summer edition of the Sears Catalog. No one comes to my house and sees it without gasping and wanting to flip through the pages to see ...

When I heard the news that Sears may finally be going out of business, I had two reactions: 1) You mean it’s still in business? And 2) How are children supposed to learn about the world’s vast array ...

Sears, the iconic retailer that has been struggling with slipping sales and fading relevance, is tapping into nostalgia to woo back shoppers — with a modern twist. For the first time in six years, ...

The first Sears catalog was released in 1894 and had 322 pages of products. Amazon hasn’t been around even half that long, but it has millions of items to sell. Now, however, Amazon has something in ...

If you want to know what American life was like during the 20th century, there are two essential resources: LIFE magazine and the Sears Roebuck catalog. Google Books put the entire run of LIFE on the ...

Sears Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in White Plains, New York, the company announced this morning. The iconic company, which owns Sears and Kmart, said early Monday that it ...

We check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in the 1920s. To commemorate Mail Order Catalog Day on August 18, we’ll check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in ...

Amazon will be mailing out its first-ever holiday toy catalog to millions of shoppers this year. Amazon's toy catalog is reminiscent of the iconic holiday guides distributed by Sears and the ...

Sears is bringing back its Wish Book holiday catalog after a six-year hiatus. “Our members told us they missed the Wish Book, so we had to bring it back, but in a special way that lets you share more ...