The legend of Montgomery Ward lives on: Although the venerable mailer had closed its big book general merchandise catalog in 1985, filed for bankruptcy in 1997, and went out of business in 2000, a ...

The venerable Montgomery Ward catalog , with origins dating back to 1872, will soon be back in the mail. It’s new owner — Monroe, WI-based multititle mailer Swiss Colony — plans to drop a new ...

Montgomery Ward, now an online U.S. retailer, plans to revive its iconic catalog in a brand-rebuilding gambit, the president of its new parent company said. The retailer, which once operated some 400 ...

Montgomery Ward celebrates this Christmas with its thickest book since the venerable brand relaunched in fall 2004. The 148-page holiday catalog dropped in early October and again in early November.

CHICAGO -- There is life after death — at least in retail. Five years after Montgomery Ward went out of business, its brand name has been revived on the Internet and there's even a 21st-century ...

Hoping to capture a piece of the $60 billion direct-mail business, Montgomery Ward & Co. and Minneapolis-based Fingerhut Companies Inc. Monday announced the formation of a subsidiary to market ...

Aaron Montgomery Ward saw catalogs as an expression of American values. Aaron Montgomery Ward saw catalogs as an expression of American values. His catalogs gave more people, especially Black and ...

The "Stark, actually" featurettes are about people, places and things in Stark County. Prior examples have included everything from a thoroughbred horse farm to the annual spawning run of white bass, ...

The original king of mass retailing is dead. Struggling and lost among today’s giants such as Sears, Wal-Mart and The Gap, the venerable Montgomery Ward is liquidating and firing 37,000 employees.

I was 9 years old in 1958. It was different then: 9-year-old girls still had little girl thoughts, little girl interests, and little girl wishes. It was a simpler time, as they say. But I digress; ...