REMEMBER GATHERIN' THE FAMILY AND HEADING OVER TO SERVICE MERCHANDISE, THE OVERSIZED SECURITY-LADEN MEGA WHOLESALE MART OF THE FUTURE? REMEMBER HOW COOL OF AN IDEA YOU THOUGHT IT WAS TO COMBINE AN ELECTRONICS STORE, A SPORTING GOODS STORE, AND A JEWLERY MART? YOU COULD LEAVE THE KIDS WITH THE TOYS, CHECK OUT THE LATEST SHOTGUN, ALL WHILE YOUR WIFE DROOLED OVER A TENNIS BRACELET. WELL, UNTIL RECENTLY I THOUGHT THIS PASTIME HAD PASSED BUT SERVICE MERCHANDISE HAS REVIVED ITSELF (HALF-HEARTEDLY)
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THE INTERNET.
WHO KNEW?
Service Merchandise is a defunct chain of catalog showroom stores carrying fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods, and electronics that existed from 1934 to 2002. The company's former chairman, Raymond Zimmerman, resurrected Service Merchandise as an Internet-only retailer in 2004 after buying the name and logo at auction, and later forwarded the website to another online store in 2007. The site returned in 2008.
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WIKIPEDIA
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