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 ...

CHICAGO — Montgomery Ward & Co., which ran the nation’s first mail-order business, said yesterday that it plans a cautious re-entry into the catalog market it abandoned as unprofitable six years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 version of the ...