The late, lamented catalog showroom retailer Service Merchandise is making a comeback of sorts. The success of a Service Merchandise jewelry Website launched in December has led to the test-mailing of ...

I have very vivid memories about Service Merchandise, a now-defunct business with a unique ordering process focused on catalog inventory. For a kid, that kind of business model was the ultimate ...

Catalog showroom retailing peaked in the early 1980s, and all but a few small companies disappeared by the end of the 1990s. But one former catalog showroom executive isn’t ready to let go of one of ...

Kanye West is gearing up to extend his “Sunday Service” concert series into a business venture and filed a trademark to register the name to sell merchandise emblazoned with the brand. The Golddigger ...

Service Merchandise never would have gone out of business if company officials hadn’t hired Bill Cosby as a pitchman in the late 1980s, the company’s CEO Sam Cusano says. Cosby was still at the height ...

Service Merchandise Co. said it will close all of its 200 stores and eliminate half of its 1,000 corporate employees as the recession and fallout from the Sept. 11 attacks crippled the chain. The ...