Service Merchandise
1934–2002
Fill out the slip, wait for the conveyor.
The catalog showroom where shopping was a two-step ritual: browse the sample on the display floor, write the item number on a little pencil slip, hand it in, then wait by the pickup area for your boxed purchase to trundle out on the conveyor belt. Jewelry counters, electronics, and toys at Christmas made it a destination. Squeezed by discounters and big-box stores, it was liquidated in 2002.
The Details
- Opened · 1934
- Closed · 2002
- Filed under · 🏬 Stores