NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Service Merchandise Co. Inc., a 42-year-old retail chain that has operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since March 1999, announced Friday that it is going out of business ...

Service Merchandise was once one of Middle Tennessee's most successful businesses for decades until the changing retail landscape derailed it 20 years ago. Originally called Shainberg & Zimmerman's ...

Update—In an early afternoon release, Service Merchandise confirmed that it intends to cease operations and liquidate its assets. The company cited “disappointing 2001 results in a post-September 11 ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Service Merchandise Co. Inc. announced Friday it is closing its doors. The decision will affect the company's 218 stores in 32 states, including its location at 1636 Martin ...

Service Merchandise, the one-time catalog showroom retailer that attempted a comeback through a mail order catalog last spring, has been tabled at least until early next year. Due to a lack of ...

NASHVILLE,, Tenn., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Service Merchandise Co. Inc., once the nation's top catalog-showroom retailer, said Friday that it will go out of business and close all of its more than 200 stores ...

Bankrupt retailer Service Merchandise Co. said Friday that it is going out of business. The retailer, which has been selling gifts, jewelry and home decor products for 42 years, said its 8,300 store ...

In an effort to save an estimated $35 million in 2001, Nashville, Tenn.-based Service Merchandise laid off about 1,750 full-time employees Jan. 10 and announced plans to restructure its core business.

Kanye West’s Sunday Service, held Easter morning on a makeshift mountaintop just outside the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, stirred up a lot of feelings on a lot of different levels. And ...

The late, lamented catalog showroom retailer Service Merchandise is making a comeback of sorts. The success of a Service Merchandise jewelry Website launched in December has led to the test-mailing of ...

Kanye West appears to have filed a trademark application for the term "Sunday Service" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, public records show. The filing was made by Mascotte Holdings, the… By ...

This past Easter Sunday, Coachella-goers were able to feel the Holy Spirit for a mere $225, thanks to Kanye West. For the first time ever, the rapper brought his Sunday Service (a weekly invite-only ...