Thanks. I didn’t know they were back online. Where did you work? The big store we always went to was Oakland, CA. When I was very young, I couldn’t understand why my mom didn’t just buy everything, since all she had to do was show a card and sign her name, no money! Lol.
chicago had two big stores( and a few smaller stores) ...corporate was on the chicago river North branch and was a white building.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Ward_Company_Complex
the downtown retail was at state & adams. Wards bought the old FAIR building.
I was in data processing (IT)back then - 6th floor
https://drloihjournal.blogspot.com/2016/11/history-of-fair-store-chicago-illinois.html