This past Friday (October 6) Retail Dive (Washington, D.C., USA) highlighted the advantages of classic paper catalogs (such as the famous Sears catalog that many believe has or is being replaced / erased by Amazon and other online retailers and resellers).
It says a lot about the state of the newspaper industry that it’s considered good news when a publisher breaks even, in light of the constant drumbeat of advertising losses, with print dollars exchanged for digital pennies.