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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Surface form	Occurrences
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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Rudolph → createdFor → Montgomery Ward ⓘ

John Aspinwall Roosevelt → employer → Montgomery Ward ⓘ

Rudolph → firstAppearanceIn → Montgomery Ward ⓘ

this entity surface form: Montgomery Ward Christmas booklet