Shopping by Catalogue

For months now we’ve been watching the drawn-out demise of Canada’s oldest corporation, the Hudson’s Bay Co.

Other major department stores have failed in recent years; companies we grew up with, trusted and patronized while eagerly awaiting their latest catalogue in the mail: Eaton’s, Woodwards and Sears, to name the three biggest.

Next week, the Chronicles take a stroll down memory lane for those readers old enough to have lived in the golden age of catalogues.