Retail Relates · Aug 18, 2026
📦 August 18, 1872 — Montgomery Ward Issues the First Mail-Order Catalog
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One sheet of paper, 163 items, no pictures. Aaron Montgomery Ward invented the template that Amazon, Wayfair, and every e-commerce platform would eventually rebuild from scratch.
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