Flashback Friday- April 1991

Veronica Garabelli //April 20, 2017//

Veronica Garabelli// April 20, 2017//

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A report from the April 1991 issue takes a look at the popularity of sales catalogs, TV shopping clubs and the advent of online ordering. The article mentions the Prodigy system, which became the first online service to be available nationwide in 1990. This new system allowed customers to place orders online from retailers like JC Penney and Time-Life Books.

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