Google Catalogs was a shopping application that delivered the virtual catalogs of large retailers to users. Launched August 16, 2011; shut down August 4, 2015 — it lived 3 years. One of 14 Google products killed in 2015. Google Catalogs was a shopping application for tablet computers, which was produced by Google in August 2011. Google Catalogs delivered virtual catalogs to users from merchants like Nordstrom, L.L. Bean, Macy's, Pottery Barn, and many more. Merchants were added through a process by which they submitted a form with information and a sample of their catalog, which was then reviewed by Google's editorial team. The application was noted as a "Greener Way to Shop", as the digitization of catalogs substituted for paper versions. Wiki link Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).