[3] The Norm Thompson offices were closed and consolidated due to Bluestem's acquisition of their parent company, Orchard Brands, in July 2015.

(Norm) Thompson as a mail order business, it grew to annual sales of $200 million before it was sold to Golden Gate Capital Partners in 2006.

[5] Namesake Norm Thompson died in 1968 from complications related to his exposure to mustard gas during his World War I military service in Europe.

[6] In 1973, Alport sold the business to Parker Pen Company, who opened a retail store at the Portland International Airport in 1975 and discontinued selling fly fishing items in 1977.

[5] Solutions, a home and garden catalog, was created by Norm Thompson Outfitters in 1986, followed by the 1990 purchase of Early Winters which was later re-branded as Sahalie.

[5] Ron Decker took over as president of the company in 1989, as Emrick retained the titles of chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).

[9] Norm Thompson Outfitters also conducted a once a year warehouse sale in June that brought in around $1 million in revenue through selling closeout type items.

[11] A downtown Portland retail store was added in May 1993 across from the Pioneer Place shopping center on Fourth Avenue at a cost of $1 million.

[14] That October, Norm Thompson selected a site in Jefferson County, West Virginia for a new 173,000-square-foot (16,100 m2), $7.5 million distribution facility.

[20] Norm Thompson grew to sales of $110 million and 400 employees for 1995, but had to cut back the next year when they closed the downtown Portland store along with shutting down The Primary Layer catalog.

[22] Because of Norm Thompson Outfitters' use of environmentally friendly practices, including using recycled paper in catalogs, the Center for a New American Dream inducted the company into the Green Mail Hall of Fame in 2004.

[25] At that time, sales at the company had grown to approximately $200 million annually, with the Sahalie and Solutions brands as the largest divisions.

[24] That same month Golden Gate Capital Partners' Catalog Holdings subsidiary purchased Norm Thompson.