The holiday season is upon us, full throttle, and although 2005 is already a vague memory in the futuristic minds of channel marketers focusing on summer 2006, the “Shopping Methods & Mindsets” study ...

It has been 62 years since Appleseed’s was founded in Beverly, and about 12 years since the women’s clothing retailer closed 17 retail stores – including a successful one in Cohasset – and became ...

Shakespeare’s Juliet isn’t the only one to ask what’s in a name. Apparel and home goods cataloger Lands’ End is pondering the same question. Earlier this year the Dodgeville, WI-based mailer changed ...

It seems a tad unsporting to aim a catalog’s sales pitch at women. I mean, who else? You don’t often see a man soaking in a hot bubble bath paging through the Nordstrom catalog, while in some of our ...

The men’s fashion category has boasted the strongest growth rate within the apparel industry in recent years, prompting a robust wave of new entrants into this increasingly lucrative space. However, ...

A selection of photos show how the Ikea catalog is heavily Photoshopped according to which country it is being distributed in. The Ikea catalog is one of the world’s most widely distributed books ...

IKEA removed images of women from the Saudi Arabia version of its catalog, a decision that the furniture giant now says clashes with its values. Swedish publication Metro posted a comparison of the ...

The Ikea catalog distributed in Saudi Arabia is the same as in other countries except for what it’s missing — women. The Swedish publication Metro has posted a comparison of the Saudi Arabian mailer ...