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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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Within a few short months of its debut, circulation grew into the tens of thousands. Economic expansion was fueled by a new affluence. But over-optimism fueled over-spending, over-borrowing and over-expansion – ultimately leading to over-storing. It was the decade of McCarthyism, nuclear fears, beatnik poetry and the hula hoop.