Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was an American department store chain. It currently exists only as an online retail website since 2004.[1] It only delivers in the United States.[source?]
 Montgomery Ward retailer logo, also the store's 1982–1995 and 2004–present logo | |
| Private –
Original incarnation, mail order and department store Current incarnation, online retailer and catalog merchant | |
| Industry | Retail |
| Fate | Bankruptcy in 2000;
Full liquidation in 2001 namesake retailer launched in 2004 after purchase of trademarks |
| Founded | 1872 (as mail order company and later department store, defunct 2001) 2004 (as current online retailer) |
| Defunct | June 2001 (original company) |
| Headquarters | Original company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 2004 to 2008: namesake company Monroe, Wisconsin, United States |
Key people | Original company: 1872 founder, Aaron Montgomery Ward namesake company: John Baumann, president of parent company Swiss Colony |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, appliances, housewares, tools, and electronics. |
| Brands | Riverside Powr-Kraft |
| Divisions | Electric Avenue
Wards Kids Montgomery Ward Catalog Montgomery Wards Auto Express |
| Website | wards |
It started as a mail-order catalog (called a "Wish Book") and department store in 1872. It owned Jefferson Ward discount stores. Jefferson Ward stores in the northern US were sold to Bradlees in 1985.[source?] The rest closed in 1988. All its stores closed in 2000. In 2004, it reopened as an online store.
Montgomery Ward was founded by Aaron Montgomery Ward, a Chicago entrepreneur.
Montgomery Ward Media
Progress Lighting the Way for Commerce, designed for Montgomery Ward by sculptor J. Massey Rhind, appeared as a medallion at many Ward stores. This one is in Brattleboro, Vermont.
The 1968–1982 Montgomery Ward logo
The 1995–1997 Montgomery Ward logo
A Montgomery Ward Building in Bluefield, West Virginia
A vacant Montgomery Ward store, Regency Mall, Augusta, Georgia
A former Montgomery Ward store, Huntington Center, Huntington Beach, California, demolished in 2010
An "Electric Avenue" logo on a closed store in Panorama City, California, 2010
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References
- ↑ "Montgomery Wards current website". Wards/Montgomery Wards.