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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Direct_Marketing_Services_Inc.
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gptkbp:category
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Companies based in Chicago
American companies established in 1872
Defunct department stores of the United States
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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2001
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gptkbp:competitor
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gptkb:Sears,_Roebuck_and_Co.
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gptkbp:defunct
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yes
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Aaron_Montgomery_Ward
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gptkbp:foundedYear
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1872
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Montgomery Ward
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gptkbp:industry
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retail
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Robert_E._Wood
gptkb:S._S._Kresge
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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introduced Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1939
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gptkbp:notableFor
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pioneering mail-order catalog
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gptkbp:notableProduct
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gptkb:Wish_Book_catalog
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gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
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over 70,000 (at peak)
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gptkbp:numberOfLocations
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over 500 (at peak)
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gptkbp:parentCompany
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gptkb:GE_Capital_(1988–1997)
Direct Marketing Services Inc. (2004–present)
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gptkbp:renamed
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Wards
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gptkbp:reopenedAsOnlineRetailer
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2004
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gptkbp:stockExchange
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gptkb:NYSE
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gptkbp:stockSymbol
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MON
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:shopping_mall
mail-order business
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.wards.com/
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Lechmere
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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