• mPony@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    did 1983 predict the rise of “catalog shopping”? because I sure didn’t :)

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      11 months ago

      catalog shopping had been popular for decades prior to the 1980s. it’s online shopping that some didn’t predict or believe would ‘take off’, including sears–the king of catalog sales prior to the rise of the internet.