Same here. I used to buy almost all my clothes from their Colorado stores. In fact, Mervyn's jeans were the best fitting jeans I owned. The Colorado stores have long since closed and I figured the whole chain went under until I saw a store here In San Diego where I recently moved.
Oh well. I've grown partial to Old Navy for casual wear.
Another retailer out of business. If the trends towards bigger stores and bigger chains continue, there might be just a few national stores, such as Wal-Mart and Sears, remaining. Many local department store chains have either merged or gone out of business in recent years. I can think of a number of them from around the country : Woodward and Lothrop, Hecht Company, Filene’s, Dayton-Hudson, Marshall Field, Bon-Marche, The Broadway, Robinson’s, Bullock’s, Buffum’s, Joseph Horne..........
All of these either went out of business or were acquired and merged into larger companies. It’s a trend of the times. Any chain store that is not national in scope and large in size has trouble competing in this environment.
Same thing I was going to say. The Mervyn’s near me (in CA) is always a complete disaster. It’s like shopping at Ross or TJ Maxx. I wondered how they could possibly stay operating — guess now I know.
“Worst customer service of any large chain.”
I don’t know from Mervyns but my game plan is that when I decide I want something (underwear, jean, camera, dvd, etc.) I will give the local brick-and-mortar store a chance. If they don’t have it, or don’t seem eager to sell it to me, I order it online.
Here in Orange County, CA also. The range of merchandise was shoddy quality and priced too high. Did not appeal to younger family shoppers - Target gets their business.
They use to have a great value for working women’s wardrobes and children’s and nice things for Dad at the right price. I stopped shopping at Mervyn’s pretty much 5 years ago. I went to see what they had at their linen sales, but was surprised at the poor quality of their women’s wear.