Description for 5961: Catalog and Mail-Order Houses

Division G: Retail Trade | Major Group 59: Miscellaneous Retail | Industry Group 596: Nonstore Retailers


5961 Catalog and Mail-Order Houses
Establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of products by television, catalog, and mail-order. These establishments do not ordinarily maintain stock for sale on the premises. Separate stores operated by catalog and mail-order houses for the retail sale of products on the premises are classified according to the product sold.

  • Book clubs, not publishing
  • Books, mail-order-retail
  • Catalog (order taking) offices of mail-order houses-retail
  • Cheese, mail-order-retail
  • Coins, mail-order-retail
  • Computer and peripheral equipment, mail-order-retail
  • Computer software, mail-order-retail
  • Food, mail-order-retail
  • Fruit, mail-order-retail
  • Jewelry, mail-order-retail
  • Magazines, mail-order-retail
  • Mail-order houses-retail (not including retail outlets)
  • Novelty merchandise, mail-order-retail
  • Order taking offices of mail-order houses-retail
  • Record clubs, mail-order-retail
  • Stamps mail-order-retail
  • Television, mail-order (home shopping)-retail