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  2. Matchbook - Wikipedia

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    Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.

  3. F. W. Woolworth Company - Wikipedia

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    Richman Brothers. The F. W. Woolworth Company (often referred to as Woolworth's or simply Woolworth) was a retail company and one of the pioneers of the five-and-dime store. It was among the most successful American and international five-and-dime businesses, setting trends and creating the modern retail model that stores follow worldwide today.

  4. Category:Online retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Online marketplaces of the United States‎ (4 C, 180 P) Pages in category "Online retailers of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 309 total.

  5. List of department stores of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Independent department stores. Boyds ( Philadelphia) David M. Brian ( Walnut Creek and Danville, California) owned by McCaulou's. Dunham's Department Store ( Wellsboro, Pennsylvania) Flemington Department Store ( Flemington, New Jersey) Fords Federated Store ( Hamilton, Montana) Getz's ( Marquette, Michigan)

  6. Spiegel (US retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Spiegel was an American direct marketing retailer founded in 1865 by Joseph Spiegel. Spiegel published a catalog, like its competitors Sears, Aldens, and Montgomery Ward, which advertised various brands of apparel, accessories, and footwear, as well as housewares, toys, tools, firearms, and electronics. Their company brands included Newport ...

  7. Daedalus Books - Wikipedia

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    In February of that year, the company sold its retail catalog and online operations to Universal Screen Arts. [3] Daedalus Books had an outlet store at the front of its 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2) warehouse located in Columbia, Maryland, both of which closed in 2018. [3] In 2006, it opened a store in Belvedere Square, Baltimore. [4]

  8. Service Merchandise - Wikipedia

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    Raymond Zimmerman. Products. Jewelry, gifts, home decor products, sporting goods, electronics, toys. Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.

  9. Online shopping - Wikipedia

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    An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a regular "brick-and-mortar" retailer or shopping center; the process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. When an online store is set up to enable businesses to buy from another businesses, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping.