Service Merchandise

Service Merchandise
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1934 (as five-and-dime store and later wholesale company)
1960 (as catalog showroom retailer)
FoundersHarry Zimmerman
Mary Zimmerman
Defunct2002
FateBankruptcy and liquidation
HeadquartersBrentwood, Tennessee
Key people
Harry Zimmerman
Raymond Zimmerman
ProductsJewelry, gifts, home decor products, sporting goods, electronics, toys

Service Merchandise was a retail chain of catalog showrooms carrying jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. The company, which first began in 1934 as a five-and-dime store, was in existence for 68 years before ceasing operations in 2002.