A Chicago nonprofit, in conjunction with the American Federation of Teachers, is suing the U.S. Department of Education over ...

2000: Montgomery Ward & Co. — one of the nation’s oldest retailers and a venerable Chicago institution — announced it would ...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived for a purely Scrooge-like reason — to make money. Thankfully, its creator saw the Montgomery Ward marketing campaign as an opportunity to be as bold in his ...

Johnny Marks at the piano in a publicity photo. Photo: Courtesy St. Nicholas Music.

Sears, Roebuck & Co., Spiegel, Montgomery Ward — but ordering from them was no fun. They couldn’t compare to holding the ...

RUDOLPH the Red-Nosed Reindeer is so deeply woven into Christmas tradition that it feels as "ancient" as Santa Claus himself.

While most department store companies have been downsizing, Von Maur has been slowly opening stores and will be moving into a ...

Ever wondered how Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer became part of the Christmas scene? According to ClausNet, the character was created by a Chicago department store, Montgomery Ward, to one-up its ...

Alpena’s upgraded Culligan Plaza sounds absolutely wonderful for the Christmas holiday season offering the massive Christmas tree, Santa welcoming center, abundant seating, accessibility to all, a ...

"Rudolph with his unusual nose was actually a 1939 marketing gimmick by the Montgomery Ward Department Store, and it evolved from there." ...

A Kansas City-based beauty store is closing two of its locations. Beauty Brands is shutting down its stores at 15320 Shawnee Mission Parkway in Shawnee and 438 Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.

A Southern department store chain is debuting a new type of store. Last this month, Belk is opening smaller-format stores in Frisco, Texas and Wesley Chapel, Florida. According to a statement from the ...