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Mail Box Before E-commerce: A History of Canadian 
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Fashion to Furnishings
Capturing Customers
Company Histories
From 
Order to Delivery
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Timeline
Catalogues (1880-1975)
Games and Activities
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Mail-order companies worked hard to develop customer loyalty, targeting their marketing to particular customers, and loyal customers they were.

Catalogues and Consumer Loyalty
Catalogues and Consumer Loyalty

Emmanuel Béland

Fe-Mail: Women in Eaton's Toronto 
Mail-Order Catalogues
Fe-Mail: Women in
Eaton's Toronto Mail-order Catalogues

Lorraine O'Donnell

Eaton's Winnipeg and Toronto 
Catalogues Compared
Eaton's Winnipeg and Toronto Catalogues Compared

Catherine C. Cole

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Roch Carrier and The Hockey Sweater

Roch Carrier and
The Hockey Sweater

Tamara Tarasoff

Dress Reform and Mail Order

Dress Reform
and Mail Order

Eileen O'Connor

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Professional Hockey and the 
Mail-order Catalogue
Professional Hockey and the Mail-order Catalogue
John Willis

Eaton's Christmas Catalogues
Eaton's Christmas Catalogues

Catherine C. Cole

The Cottager's Catalogue
The Cottager's Catalogue

Charles Long


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Memories of Mail Order

Memories of
Mail Order

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