Catalog sales method

Japanese: カタログ商法 - かたろぐしょうほう
Catalog sales method

…In Japan, catalogs were used until just after the end of the war. Catalogs first appeared in Europe in the 1470s as book lists, and in America, from the end of the 19th century, catalog sales, in which companies such as Sears, Roebuck and Co. used catalogs to directly obtain orders from a wide range of customers, developed. In Japan, the oldest is Jiyu Jizai, published in Edo in 1780 (An'ei 9), but Edo Shopping Guide (Shopping Guide) published in 1824 (Bunsei 7), which lists about 2,400 merchants, is also an excellent guide catalog. …

*Some of the terminology used in relation to "catalog sales" is explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では終戦直後まで型録(カタログ)で通用していた。カタログは1470年代にヨーロッパで本のリストとして登場し,アメリカでは19世紀末から,シアーズ・ローバック社に代表される,カタログで直接に多数広範な顧客から受注を得るカタログ商法が発達した。日本では1780年(安永9)に江戸で出された《自遊従座為(じゆうじざい)》が最も古いが,約2400戸の商家が収録された1824年(文政7)の《江戸買物独案内(ひとりあんない)》(買物独案内)も案内カタログとして逸品である。…

※「カタログ商法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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