Nearly three years to the day after it bought Fingerhut as a means of getting into e-commerce, Federated Department Stores announced on Jan. 16 that it will close down the low-end general merchandise ...

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 ...

The union representing 1,500 Fingerhut employees has made a number of demands on Federated Department Stores Inc. including restarting catalog distribution as a signal that it is serious about selling ...

If you’re a Fingerhut shopper looking for ways to reduce your personal debt, bulk up your savings account or otherwise improve your financial bottom line, the single best thing you can do is stop ...

Federated Department Stores Inc. confirmed Friday that it has received one formal offer for its Fingerhut catalog business and that another potential buyer has dropped out. Federated spokeswoman Carol ...

It’s a fact that might not bring a lot of comfort to consumers and businesses, but it’s true: The methods for protecting e-commerce transactions haven’t changed a great deal since online shopping ...