catalogs

From A Frequent Flier To SkyMall, Thanks For The Memory Foams

12:08pm January 24, 2015

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the many hours he has spent at 30,000 feet paging through the in-flight catalog SkyMall. SkyMall filed for bankruptcy this week.

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The number of catalogs mailed in the U.S. peaked in 2007, according to the Direct Marketing Association. It's come down since then, but last year it reached 11.9 billion.

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Economy

Here's Why Retailers Keep Sending You Catalogs

7:51pm December 19, 2014

by Uri Berliner

While other things made with paper have become obsolete, Americans received nearly 12 billion catalogs in the mail last year — and they love them, says one business consultant.

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