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Mervyn's was an American middle-scale department store chain based in Hayward, California, and founded by Mervin G. Morris (1920–2021). It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, bath products, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, toys, and housewares.
Sep 3, 2021 · Mervyn's was a popular discount clothing chain in California that closed in 2008. Learn how it was acquired by Target, lost its identity, and failed to survive the 2008 housing crisis.
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Aug 30, 2021 · Target aggressively grew Mervyn’s, expanding its footprint to some 275 stores well beyond its original west coast roots.
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Jan 5, 2009 · Mervyn’s is neither the first California retail chain to be born, nor the first to die. The story of California business is an entrepreneurial one: we have attracted risk-takers from the rest...
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Mar 2, 2009 · Mervyn's was a discount store chain that served lower-middle-class families in California for decades. It went bankrupt in 2008 after being sold to private equity firms that stripped its assets and left it to die.
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Nov 26, 2008 · Mervyns, the chain that Morris founded six decades ago with $25,000 and two employees, is about to disappear. Its 149 remaining stores are being liquidated. More than 18,000 people have been ...
