2000: Montgomery Ward & Co. — one of the nation’s oldest retailers and a venerable Chicago institution — announced it would ...
CHICAGO (AP) Montgomery Ward, the 128-year-old retailer that helped invent mail-order and ran stores in 30 states, is closing after losing customers to newer chains from Target to the Gap. It was a ...
Ever wondered how Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer became part of the Christmas scene? According to ClausNet, the character was created by a Chicago department store, Montgomery Ward, to one-up its ...