The holidays are drawing close, Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone and yet, nothing in this great consumer nation of ours has caught your beady eyes. It's time now to turn to the Shangri ...

Looking to buy a nose hair trimmer, wearable neck air conditioner or holographic fish tank from the always quirky Hammacher Schlemmer catalog? Time may be running out. Last week, the Chicago company ...

The 175-year-old catalog-based retailer Hammacher Schlemmer, known for its unexpected and unique merchandise, has initiated going-out-of-business sales, so anyone in the market for a remote-controlled ...

When most people think of Hammacher Schlemmer, they probably think of zany inventions like the golf cart hovercraft or the hot tub boat. But true loyalists to the 160-plus year-old mail order catalog ...

Hammacher Schlemmer has created the first augmented reality catalog, an exclusive and revolutionary new way to experience America’s longest running catalog. “It’s the next best thing to visiting our ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NILES, Ill. — In its 169th year, Hammacher ...

Well, the cold weather has blasted us retired folks who are either snuggled in for winter, dreading every venture outside, no matter how brief, or fleeing for the south as snowbirds. Even if I wasn’t ...

The Hammacher Schlemmer catalog often features interesting vehicles around holiday time, from motorcycles with sidecars to adult-size versions of children's riding toys. This year's ride is the PAL-V, ...

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