Around 50 years ago I worked for Sears for a bit. It always seemed to me they never knew exactly what they had and where they had it, but I did enjoy my time there. Of course this was before the days of the computer. I was there when they first installed electronic cash registers and what a interesting change that was for people who had been with the company for most of their working life.
And around 1965 I bought a motorcycle from Montgomery Wards. Seems it was a Riverside brand and may have been made by Benelli. It ran much better than I expected.