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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). [1] It carried national brands of clothing, footwear, bedding, bath products, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, electronics, toys, and housewares. Many of the company's stores were opened in shopping malls; however, some locations were operated ...
Across the United States, a large number of local stores and store chains that started between the 1920s and 1950s have become defunct since the late 1960s, when many chains were either consolidated or liquidated. Some may have been lost due to mergers, while others were affected by a phenomenon of large store closings in the 2010s known as the retail apocalypse.
Greenspoint Mall was a shopping mall located in the Greenspoint neighborhood of Houston, Texas, at the northeast corner of Interstate 45 and Beltway 8 (also known as the Sam Houston Parkway/Tollway). The only remaining anchor is Fitness Connection, which occupies half of the former Lord & Taylor / Mervyn's store on the west side of the mall.
The Consumerist complained yesterday that the now-defunct department store Mervyns was charging $15 for customer service. It could be true. Certainly Mervyn's venture-capital ownership, Cerberus ...
At the time of its opening, with 1.2 million square feet of space, Cortana Mall was the largest shopping mall in the south and 14th largest in the United States. [ 4 ] A fifth anchor, H. J. Wilson Co., opened October 17, 1977. [ 5 ] Mervyn's announced plans in late 1986 to join the mall as a sixth anchor, with the store opening July 17, 1987.
The store was the third Lord & Taylor to open in the Dallas area. [25] In April 1990, Mervyn's purchased the store for an undisclosed sum, intending it as a larger replacement for its existing Plano store. [26] The store was closed for renovation and re-opened in October. [27] The store was closed in 2006 when Mervyn's exited the North Texas area.
List of defunct department stores of the United States This is a list of defunct department stores of the United States, from small-town one-unit stores to mega-chains, which have disappeared over the past 100 years. Many closed, while others were sold or merged with other department stores.
In November 2012, West Covina's first Walmart opened at the Eastland Center at 120,000 sq ft, replacing Mervyn's and Levitz which closed in 2009 as a result of the chains' bankruptcies. [2] On February 26, 2024, it was announced that the Walmart location would be closing and the store closed on March 29, 2024. [3]