A mail-order business is one that receives and fulfills orders for merchandise through the mail. The terms “mail-order,” “direct mail,” and “direct marketing” are sometimes used interchangeably; in ...

With Black Friday over, the holidays have officially arrived. Have you got your Christmas shopping done yet? This week’s Historical Treasure is an example of how many people used to do a lot of their ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

While mail-order companies may seem like a relic of the past, they served an important role in retail history and continue to operate to this day. Mail-order catalogs are physical books or booklets ...