I was over at a friend’s house the other day and saw that she’d gotten a Fingerhut catalog. It had come to her home in the name of a previous resident. But seeing it brought back memories of how, for ...

After 54 years, the final Fingerhut catalog will hit mailboxes next week. Layoffs of the more than 6,000 employees will begin in earnest by the end of February and be completed this summer. “We’re ...

which bought defunct general merchandise catalog Fingerhut from Federated Department Stores in July, plans to put the Fingerhut book back in the mail on Nov. 9. The company won’t reveal many details ...

Peter Lytle plans to hold onto all of the assets of Fingerhut Cos. Inc. and to keep existing senior staffers if his bid to purchase the company is successful, said Marshall Masko, Lytle’s partner in ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jan. 17 -- Employees of Fingerhut Cos., a 54-year-old catalog retailer that sold clear and quilted plastic seat covers to generations of new car owners, learned Wednesday the next ...

Bluestem Brands, owner of the Fingerhut Catalog, filed for bankruptcy on Monday. The Eden Prairie-based company sold appliances, clothing, and a smattering of other products through its Fingerhut ...

Federated Department Stores’ decision to rid itself of its Fingerhut subsidiary didn’t surprise most industry observers. After all, Federated had been reevaluating its ownership of Minnetonka, ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- When the year began, Fingerhut didn't look like it would see 2003. But today, it has a new look and plans for its second major catalog to hit mailboxes next month. Fingerhut Direct ...

CINCINNATI – Federated Department Stores Inc. said yesterday that it will overhaul its Fingerhut catalog unit, eliminating 550 jobs, cutting back Internet operations and writing down much of the value ...