Why Garden Catalogs Flood Mailboxes Every Spring By late February, before the last frost has even cleared in most of the country, seed and nursery catalogs are already stacking up in mailboxes. Burpee and Jung Seeds both print and mail on the same rough calendar — early enough that gardeners can plan and order before …

Why Harriet Carter Keeps Mailing an Older Audience Two free registries clear most Harriet Carter mail within a season, and a paid photo-based app can mop up whatever's left afterward — no phone script or hold-music required to get started. Harriet Carter is a gift-and-novelty catalog built around household items, …

The Short Answer: Yes, It Is a Real Nonprofit Catalog Choice is a real service, and it is free. Its About page says it "is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, managed by The Story of Stuff Project, with EIN #46-4334785." The same page calls it a "free service to cancel specific catalogs and other types of paper mail …

Why Home Goods Catalogs Arrive in Coordinated Waves Home goods is the category where one brand's catalog predicts the next three. Unlike apparel, where lists are rented promiscuously across unrelated labels, furniture and decor mail clusters tightly around a handful of corporate parents that run multiple banners off …

Why the Lands' End Catalog Keeps Coming Lands' End says a request to stop its catalogs "may take 2-4 weeks to process." That line is in the "Your Privacy Choices" section of the Lands' End privacy policy , next to the only two ways it gives for stopping the catalog: call 1-800-963-4816 or email …

Why Victoria's Secret Mail Keeps Filling Your Box A single Victoria's Secret purchase typically generates a long tail of mail: postcards, coupon books, fold-out promo mailers, and "exclusive offer" flyers, several times a month during peak seasons. If you're searching for the old glossy Victoria's Secret catalog to …

Why Timing Is Everything With Holiday Catalogs Opt out in early fall and you can keep the bulk of the holiday catalog deluge from ever reaching your mailbox — wait until the catalogs are already arriving in November and you've missed the window entirely. The reason is production lead time. Retailers finalize their …

Why One Williams-Sonoma Opt-Out Isn't Enough Stopping the Williams-Sonoma catalog is less like cancelling one subscription and more like untangling a family of them. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. runs a cluster of home brands — Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, and Rejuvenation — and while …

Why Clothing Catalogs Multiply Faster Than Any Other Kind A single apparel purchase rarely puts you on one mailing list — it puts you on several. Clothing catalogers are among the most aggressive list-renters in direct mail: buy once from a women's-wear brand and your address is routinely shared across a web of sister …

Why Stopping Fingerhut Takes Two Different Opt-Outs Federal law gives you a statutory right to stop one major slice of Fingerhut 's mail — and most people never use it because they don't realize what Fingerhut's "catalog" actually is. Unlike a pure retail catalog, the Fingerhut mailing is largely a credit-offer …