Service Merchandise was the most successful chain to use the "catalog showroom" retail model. Outliving all market competitors, including Best Products, they survived until 2002. Raymond Zimmerman, son of the founders, headed the company until the bitter end and even founded an online incarnation of the chain: servicemerchandise.com
I would like to thank Mr. Zimmerman for reviewing the script before this video's release, and I wish the best of luck to him, his family, and Service!
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0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Shainberg and Zimmerman Co.
2:02 - Service Merchandise, Inc.
2:58 - The Prosperous 70s and The Growth of a Giant
6:11 - Imposing Growth and New Challengers
8:00 - Turbulence and Internal Distress
10:44 - IRS Troubles and the 1990 Recession
15:06 - Bankruptcy in The New Millennium
17:30 - Final Words
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