As retailers focus online, the 'serene' paper version will be missed
(NEWSER) - Greg Beato couldn’t care less about the impending demise of print stalwarts like newspapers and magazines, but he will shed a tear when the flood of mail-order catalogs in his mailbox slows to a trickle. Where online shopping is “largely functional,” and TV ads “noisy and insistent,” catalogs are “serene” and “aspirational.” They’re a relic of the moment when America moved from “an age of scarcity to one of abundance.” And they’re a dying breed. More»
