Trends in the mail order catalog business. Includes a brief history back to 1872 when Aaron Montgomery Ward decided to market items to midwestern farmers living miles away from available shopping. About 85 million catalogs in the mailes in 1978, representing about 8,000 companies.
In 1980, the top 10 agricultural advertisers spent about $37 million in farm magazines to reach American farmers. Magazines are a basic tool of agrimarketers, but broadcast media receive an increasing share of advertising dollars.
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