Frontgate, Grandin Road, and Ballard Designs are three distinct home decor catalog brands that share a corporate parent. All three operate under Cornerstone Brands Group, which has passed through several ownership structures over the years — most recently operating as a portfolio of specialty home catalog brands …

Furniture is an unusual catalog category. The purchase is large enough that most buyers want to see pieces in person before committing, which has historically made pure mail-order furniture a harder business than apparel or gifts. Yet several furniture operations have built successful catalog-plus-showroom models, and …