Practically everyone is an online merchant nowadays, including the iconic JC Penney Company. A recent study by Multichannel Marketing Magazineconcluded that online merchants continue to produce catalogs as part of their marketing mix, to help increase brand awareness and increase sales.

The image to the right is from a 1977 JC Penney catalog cover, long before the age of online merchants. We also print and mail some beautiful catalogs (both saddle stitched and perfect bound), so if you need help with your next catalog project, please consider CPC Solutions.  

Click the image below for the full, unabridged article from Print in the Mix, a clearinghouse of research on print media effectiveness, from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Source:  Multichannel Merchant, Multichannel Marketing Magazine's 2012 -13 Outlook Survey: Catalogs, accessed August 23, 2012.