Montgomery Ward (Eruowood)

Montgomery Ward (Wards) is a chain of department stores that originated from the United States. The first Eruowoodian Montgomery Ward store opened in 1945. In 1980, Montgomery Ward acquired the Jefferson Discount Retailers chain and converted them to "Jefferson Ward" stores. In 1986, the company expanded into the hypermarket industry with the Wards Supercenter chain and also the Wards store brand was launched. In 1993 the Montgomery ReWards customer loyalty program was introduced.