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Requiem for the Soft Sell of the Catalog

As retailers focus online, the 'serene' paper version will be missed

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2009 12:42 PM CST

(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...   Read full story »

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