This U.S. Census Bureau NAICS-based industry includes establishments known as mail-order houses and primarily engaged in retailing specialized merchandise using mail catalogs to generate clients and display merchandise. Also included are establishments retailing from catalog showrooms of mail-order houses as well as establishments providing a combination of Internet and mail-order sales.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

Providing telemarketing services on a contract or fee basis for others--are classified in U.S. Industry 561422, Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers; and

Retailing merchandise using store and nonstore methods at the same establishment are classified in store retail activities based on the store portion of the activity.