Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Service Merchandise was once one of Middle Tennessee's most successful businesses for decades until the changing retail landscape ...

Service Merchandise Co.’s long struggle to overhaul its image culminates this week with the elimination of its timeworn catalog-showroom sales format. The Nashville, Tenn., company began reinventing ...

Service Merchandise shrinking: The nation’s largest catalog showroom retailer, Service Merchandise Co. Inc., said it will shrink operations and close up to 134 underperforming stores over the next ...

I have very vivid memories about Service Merchandise, a now-defunct business with a unique ordering process focused on catalog inventory. For a kid, that kind of business model was the ultimate ...

Retail businesses often have similar histories. They start small, often in a tiny storefront. As they grow, they may move into a shopping center. After many years of being in business, they may falter ...

I have very vivid memories about Service Merchandise, a now-defunct business with a unique ordering process focused on catalog inventory. For a kid, that kind of business model was the ultimate ...