Yes, they went into Chapter 11 last month.
But currently they are closing only 26 stores, mostly in California, Arizona, and Texas.
Facts I just learned looking that up: Mervyn's was founded here in the East Bay and until 2004 was owned by Target. Fact you just learned about Mervyn's: for my first wedding we registered at Mervyn's; I had no idea what a charger is, had no idea why we would want one, and after that argument just walked around lettering her put anything she wanted into the registry without comment.
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