Montgomery Ward

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department store chain mail-order company retail company

Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Montgomery Ward canonical 6
Montgomery Ward & Co. 2
Montgomery Ward Christmas booklet 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department store chain ⓘ
mail-order company ⓘ
retail company ⓘ
brandRevivedAs online retailer ⓘ
businessModel direct-to-consumer mail-order sales ⓘ
businessStatus active as online brand ⓘ
defunct as brick-and-mortar chain ⓘ
catalogIntroduced 1872 ⓘ
category Companies based in Chicago ⓘ
Defunct department stores of the United States ⓘ
Mail-order retailers of the United States ⓘ
ceasedOperationsAsNationalChain early 2000s ⓘ
competitor Sears, Roebuck & Co. ⓘ
surface form: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
expandedTo department stores ⓘ
fate bankruptcy ⓘ
filedForBankruptcy 1997 ⓘ
2000 ⓘ
foundedBy Aaron Montgomery Ward ⓘ
hasWebsite wards.com ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
historicalSignificance expanded access to goods for rural customers ⓘ
helped standardize consumer goods across the United States ⓘ
inception 1872 ⓘ
industry department stores ⓘ
mail-order retail ⓘ
retail ⓘ
legalForm corporation ⓘ
marketingMethod mail-order catalog ⓘ
namedAfter Aaron Montgomery Ward ⓘ
notableEmployee Aaron Montgomery Ward ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest U.S. retailers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
pioneering mail-order catalog retailing in the United States ⓘ
offeredService credit plans ⓘ
home delivery ⓘ
operatedIn multiple U.S. states ⓘ
peakPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
productType appliances ⓘ
automotive products ⓘ
clothing ⓘ
general merchandise ⓘ
home furnishings ⓘ
tools ⓘ
servedArea rural United States ⓘ
urban United States ⓘ
storeFormat catalog showroom ⓘ
full-line department store ⓘ

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John Aspinwall Roosevelt → employer → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Rudolph → createdFor → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Rudolph → firstAppearanceIn → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montgomery Ward Christmas booklet
Montgomery → hasElectoralWard → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montgomery ward
Robert L. May → employer → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Robert L. May → associatedWith → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montgomery Ward Christmas promotions
Yorktown Center → formerAnchor → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Dan Walker → employer → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Aaron Montgomery Ward → founded → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
Aaron Montgomery Ward → founded → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montgomery Ward & Co.
Aaron Montgomery Ward → employer → Montgomery Ward ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montgomery Ward & Co.