At one time there were dozens of catalog showrooms claiming their prices were better than those at Sears, Roebuck and Co. or J.C. Penney Co. In the Chicago area alone, three catalog-showroom ...

Service Merchandise was once one of Middle Tennessee's most successful businesses for decades until the changing retail landscape derailed it 20 years ago. Originally called Shainberg & Zimmerman's ...

Service Merchandise Co.’s long struggle to overhaul its image culminates this week with the elimination of its timeworn catalog-showroom sales format. The Nashville, Tenn., company began reinventing ...

Service Merchandise’s days as a traditional catalog store may be coming to an end. The company has begun a major overhaul, reorganizing its showrooms and moving to scrap what it considers a dated ...