Lillian Vernon: Merchandising Maven
Lillian Vernon’s mail order business has grown from a black-and-white space ad to nine catalogs
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Q. What have been the most successful and least successful products you’ve sold?
A. “A monogrammed bookmark that we have sold for 45 years holds a special place in my heart because I was expecting my second son David when I first introduced the bookmark through an advertisement in Redbook magazine. When the ad first appeared, a phenomenal 20,000 pieces were sold, so I consider this a very successful product as well as one of my favorites. Several Christmas ornaments, especially our hand-embroidered, white cotton lace angels and hand-crocheted snowflakes are still top sellers. We sell 6,000 products so naturally not every one is a top seller...
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