Mervyns

Mervyns is a middle scale department store headquartered in Hayward, CA.

In December 2006, Mervyns had 189 stores in 10 states.[2] However, Mervyns closed all of their locations in Oregon and Washington by February 2007, reducing its store count to 177 stores in 7 states. The company said it closed underperforming locations that did not contribute to the company's success. In July 2008, Mervyns announced it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.undefinedThree months later (October 17, 2008), the company announced that it would liquidate its assets through a Chapter 7 filing.undefinedOn October 31, 2008, Mervyn's began the process of liquidating its entire inventory in an effort to repay its creditors, and, by December 31, 2008, all remaining locations were closed. Then, on February 11, 2009, the Morris family announced that they had bought back intellectual property as well as naming rights to the company, their hope being to relaunch as an internet-based enterprise.

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