The Williamson County city once served as the national headquarters for the catalog store chain Service Merchandise.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Service Merchandise was once one of Middle Tennessee's most successful businesses for decades until the changing retail landscape ...

Before shoppers could track packages on phones, buying goods required a catalog, a pencil, and a clerk. Retailers like Service Merchandise turned shopping into a step-by-step process. You found ...

I have very vivid memories about Service Merchandise, a now-defunct business with a unique ordering process focused on catalog inventory. For a kid, that kind of business model was the ultimate ...