709:-like specialty stores, as these were drawing business from traditional department stores. In 1986, fellow MARCOR firm, Container Corporation of America, was divested by Mobil. This effectively dissolved the MARCOR division and left Montgomery Ward as a direct subsidiary of Mobil. Analysts saw the CCA sale as an effort to go back on their diversification efforts, as the debts incurred since MARCOR’s acquisition began to weigh the oil giant down, and many predicted Montgomery Ward was next to be sold. These theories were confirmed in January 1987, when Mobil stated they would be looking into spinning off the company in the near future.
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Without new stores or any investment back into the business, Montgomery Ward declined in sales volume compared to Sears. Many have blamed the conservative decisions of Avery, who seemed not to understand the postwar years' changing economy. As new shopping centers were built after the war, Sears was
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After World War II, Sewell Avery believed the country would fall back into a recession or even a depression. He decided to not open any new stores, and did not even permit expenditure for paint to freshen the existing stores. His plan was to bank profits to preserve liquidity when the recession or
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At its height, the original
Montgomery Ward was one of the biggest retailers in the United States. After its demise, the familiarity of its brand meant its name, corporate logo, and advertising were considered valuable intangible assets. In 2004, catalog marketer Direct Marketing Services Inc.
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The new management team achieved the turnaround reducing the number of suppliers from 15,000 to 7,000 and the number of brands being carried dropped from 168 to 16. Ward's private brands were given 95 percent of the volume compared with 40 percent in 1960.
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Wards was very successful in its retail business. "Green awning" stores dotted hundreds of small towns across the country. Larger stores were built in the major cities. By the end of the 1930s, Montgomery Ward had become the country's largest retailer, and
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The burden of servicing the new stores fell to the tiny
Jefferson staff, who were overwhelmed by the increased store count, had no experience in dealing with some of the product lines they now carried, and were unfamiliar with buying for northern markets.
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Four years later, in July 2008, DMSI announced it was on the auction block, with the sale of its assets scheduled for the following month. On August 5, 2008, the catalog retailer Swiss Colony purchased DMSI. Swiss Colony—which changed its name to
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In 1985, the company closed its catalog business after 113 years and began an aggressive policy of renovating its remaining stores. It restructured many of the store layouts in the downtown areas of larger cities and affluent neighborhoods into
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667:, and primarily manufactured by United Chem-Con. However, mounting competition from other computer companies as well as manufacturing problems compelled the three companies to pull the plug on the CyberVision product by the early 1980s.
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In April 1944, four months into a nationwide strike by the company's 12,000 workers, U.S. Army troops seized the company's
Chicago offices. The action was ordered due to Avery's refusal to settle the strike as requested by the
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Inc. June 1, 2010—kept
Montgomery Ward alive and relaunched the Wards website September 10, 2008, with new catalogs mailing in February 2009. A month before the catalog's launch, Swiss Colony President John Baumann told
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order to recognize the unions and institute the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. Eight months later, with
Montgomery Ward continuing to refuse to recognize the unions, President Roosevelt issued an
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December 28, 2000, after lower-than-expected sales during the Christmas season, the company announced it would cease operating, close its remaining 250 retail outlets, and lay off its 37,000 employees.
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Montgomery Ward stores were doing poorly in comparison to the Jefferson stores, and decided that high quality discount units, along the lines of Dayton Hudson Company's
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The results of these changes were lower handling costs and higher quality standards. Buying was centralized but store operations were decentralized, under a new territory system modeled after Sears.
878:. Among the new store brands Wards started under Colony was a home and kitchen brand called Chef Tested. By 2020, some Chef Tested and Montgomery Ward–brand home and kitchen items were being sold on
496:, who cut staff levels and stores, changed lines, hired store rather than catalog managers, and refurbished stores. These actions caused the company to become profitable before the end of the 1930s.
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to lead
Montgomery Ward as president in its turnaround. Brooker brought with him a number of key new management people, including Edward Donnell, former manager of Sears' Los Angeles stores.
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perceived to have better locations than Wards. Nonetheless, for many years Wards was still the nation's third-largest department store chain.
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and looking to diversify, bought a controlling share of MARCOR in 1974, only to acquire the company outright in 1976.
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assets of the former Wards, including the "Montgomery Ward" and "Wards" trademarks, for an undisclosed amount.
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is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a
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chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The current Montgomery Ward Inc. is an
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seizing all of Montgomery Ward's property nationwide, citing the
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in 1978, developed by the Authorship Resource, Inc., of
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Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1997
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Montgomery Ward logo, used from May 1968 to July 1982.
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in 1978 and a Chicago historic landmark in May 2000.
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1236:(1st ed.). New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.
782:An "Electric Avenue" logo on a closed store in
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1856:Montgomery Ward Building (Burlington, Vermont)
1802:– Dozens of Montgomery Ward Christmas catalogs
1153:"Montgomery Ward Seizure Stirs Wide Criticism"
1129:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 30–31.
1104:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 30–31.
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2874:Defunct online retailers of the United States
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1866:Montgomery Ward Building (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
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1052:"Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store"
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1876:Montgomery Ward Building (Pueblo, Colorado)
1329:Talley, Jim; Herzog, Carl (July 12, 1985).
1295:"General merchandise retailing in America:"
615:In 1961, company president John Barr hired
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655:The company was an early entrant in the
481:between Madison and Washington streets.
2899:Retail companies disestablished in 2001
1299:American National Business Hall of Fame
919:Robertson, Patrick (November 8, 2011).
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420:Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalog House
2464:General Comprehensive Operating System
1632:Harrington, Gerry (January 14, 2009).
1587:from the original on September 8, 2023
1028:"National Register Information System"
558:Progress Lighting the Way for Commerce
545:dismissed the pending appeal as moot.
2777:United States v. General Electric Co.
1571:Carpenter, David (December 9, 2006).
1445:Rosenberg, Joyce M. (March 7, 1988).
1265:Emerson, Frank D. (January 1, 1956).
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2904:Retail companies established in 1872
2884:Former General Electric subsidiaries
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1033:National Register of Historic Places
568:at many Ward stores. This one is in
463:National Register of Historic Places
384:Original Montgomery Ward (1872–2001)
1634:"Montgomery Ward catalog to return"
1517:. December 29, 2000. Archived from
1390:"It's the Montgomery, Not the Ward"
588:The 1995–1997 Montgomery Ward logo.
520:Avery had refused to comply with a
426:. The catalog house was declared a
2653:GE Building (570 Lexington Avenue)
2648:GE Building (30 Rockefeller Plaza)
1489:from the original on June 14, 2018
1485:. Bloomberg News. August 3, 1999.
1388:Aldrich, Dave (November 6, 2010).
648:, flush with cash from the recent
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2095:Compagnia Generale di ElettricitĂ
1542:"Montgomery Wards closing stores"
1540:Swanson, Al (December 28, 2000).
1150:Horne, Louther (April 30, 1944).
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2766:Thomson-Houston Electric Company
2197:GE Home & Business Solutions
2085:Australian Guarantee Corporation
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1509:"Montgomery Ward to close doors"
1414:Talley, Jim (November 1, 1985).
1319:, Retrieved on December 8, 2017.
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762:A former Montgomery Ward store,
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631:Container Corporation of America
2889:Manufactured home manufacturers
2844:1872 establishments in Illinois
2105:Electric Bond and Share Company
1886:Montgomery Ward Company Complex
1606:Tierney, Jim (August 8, 2008).
897:Montgomery Ward Company Complex
846:company, purchased much of the
57:Montgomery Ward Company Complex
1991:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
728:A Montgomery Ward Building in
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1331:"Jefferson Ward Store Closed"
469:Expansion into retail outlets
331:Montgomery Wards Auto Express
27:Retailer in the United States
2859:Companies based in Wisconsin
2734:The General Electric Concert
2222:GE Measurement & Control
2157:GE Capital Aviation Services
2130:GE Automation & Controls
1608:"Swiss Colony Acquires DMSI"
1362:Powers, Matt (May 4, 2014).
768:Huntington Beach, California
2849:Companies based in Illinois
2706:(1964–65, 1967–73, 1975–85)
1890:Montgomery Ward Warehouse:
1079:"Montgomery Ward's History"
158:; 23 years ago
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2324:United Nuclear Corporation
1639:United Press International
1547:United Press International
872:United Press International
541:ended the seizure and the
428:National Historic Landmark
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2379:GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
2329:Utah Construction Company
2090:Canadian General Electric
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1779:Montgomery Ward buildings
1416:"Jefferson Closes Stores"
1057:Maryland Historical Trust
951:"A. Montgomery Ward Park"
929:: Bloomsbury Publishing.
59:, former headquarters in
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2894:Re-established companies
2745:General Electric Theater
2739:General Electric EdgeLab
2167:GE Capital Rail Services
1740:Latham, Frank B (1972).
1394:Pleasant Family Shopping
730:Bluefield, West Virginia
133: (20 years ago)
2854:Companies based in Iowa
2688:Welch Technology Centre
2678:Specialty Control Plant
2162:GE Capital IT Solutions
2049:(legal successor of GE)
1514:The Cincinnati Enquirer
1316:Encyclopedia Britannica
1206:"The Perils Of Success"
328:Montgomery Ward Catalog
2784:Diamond v. Chakrabarty
2100:Current, powered by GE
1985:Lechmere, Inc. v. NLRB
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531:War Labor Disputes Act
2626:Douglas A. Warner III
2484:Reciprocating engines
2385:GE Honda Aero Engines
2187:GE Equipment Services
2172:GE Commercial Finance
1927:Aaron Montgomery Ward
1781:at Wikimedia Commons
1771:at Wikimedia Commons
1612:Multichannel Merchant
1230:Grant, James (1994).
1125:Ingham, John (1983).
1100:Ingham, John (1983).
1038:National Park Service
956:Chicago Park District
848:intellectual property
814:Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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604:waged a high-profile
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394:Aaron Montgomery Ward
368:business and later a
228:Aaron Montgomery Ward
2704:Carousel of Progress
2431:Penske Truck Leasing
2421:(1926–30, 1986–2004)
2115:GE Aerospace (1960s)
2040:Successor companies*
1580:Lincoln Journal Star
1275:Villanova University
1271:Villanova Law Review
770:, demolished in 2010
617:Robert Elton Brooker
570:Brattleboro, Vermont
405:Richard Warren Sears
75:Original incarnation
33:Montgomery Ward Inc.
2668:Research Laboratory
2314:Synchrony Financial
2237:GE Renewable Energy
2140:GE Aviation Systems
2076:Former subsidiaries
1457:on January 29, 2019
1311:"Mobil Corporation"
92:Current incarnation
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2304:Genworth Financial
2274:GE Venture Capital
1483:The New York Times
1159:The New York Times
1081:. December 9, 2006
855:Cedar Rapids, Iowa
837:As online retailer
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786:, California, 2010
650:rise in oil prices
600:In 1955, investor
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508:Government seizure
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2367:CFM International
2259:GE Transportation
2207:GE Infrastructure
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1911:Virginia Building
1777:Media related to
1767:Media related to
1661:"Montgomery Ward"
1233:Money of the Mind
1210:AMERICAN HERITAGE
1040:. April 15, 2008.
764:Huntington Center
475:Plymouth, Indiana
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205:Monroe, Wisconsin
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2586:John L. Flannery
2529:Edwin J. Houston
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