Vendor works of art

| Paul Miller

Photographing the thousands of products that appear in 1,000-plus-page catalogs couldbe like trying to mow a lawn with a pair scissors. To save time and

Fingerhut’s first step

| Paul Miller

General merchandise cataloger Fingerhut, which on July 10 bought 19.9% of online florist PC Flowers & Gifts, sees this investment as just the first step

A four-month presidency

| Paul Miller

In early August, just four months after joining Emeryville, CA-based SelfCare, president/chief operating officer Mike Tracy left the personal care products

Gall’s, 97Z-Summer Catalog

| Sherry Chiger

Gall’s doesn’t fool around. That’s clear from the cover of the marketer’s 1997 summer edition, which features a stern police officer, rifle at the ready,

Brylane

| Peter Girard

Brylane’s roots reach back 94 years, to the founding of the Lane Bryant clothing store in 1904. But the nearly century-long evolution that turned Brylane

Backroads (www.backroads.com)

| Peter Girard

It’s the ultimate marketing challenge: How do you convince customers to make a large purchase of an intangible item they can’t sample, haven’t tried before,

Harry and David, Christmas 1997

| Sophia Burke

From the outset, with its front cover presentation of a Royal Riviera pear decorated as a violin, the Harry and David Christmas 1997 catalog plays its

Jackson & Perkins, Roses ’98

| Sherry Chiger

In 1997, after years of selling its award-winning roses directly to consumers, Jackson & Perkins launched a wholesale catalog. And as this Silver Award-winning