NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) Ambassador Eug ne-Richard Gasana, Lillian Vernon and Paolo Martino attend Kageno Harambee "Believe" Gala at Guastavino's on November 4, 2013 in New York City.
By the late 1980s, Lillian Vernon Corporation was sending out 6,500 catalogs a year and earning revenues of $130 million.