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Article: Wards revamps Auto Express.(Brief Article)
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- Tire Business
- Article date:
- December 6, 1999
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CHICAGO--A few months after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Montgomery Ward & Co. has embarked on an ambitious program to revamp all of its 234 Wards Auto Express service centers as part of a make-over of its 252 full-line retail outlets.
In June, the Chicago-based retailer also opened a free-standing prototype of a Wards Auto Express store in Hurst, Texas.
Shortly thereafter, on Aug. 2, Wards emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after two years of reorganization, that saw the company close more than 100 stores.
Wards began the remodeling program in September 1998 and said it will renovate about 40 stores and auto ...