Editing Mervyn's (section)

===Store closures prior to bankruptcy===
[[Image:Mervyns california.jpg|thumb|right|An empty Mervyn's California store in [[Capitola, California]] (store #36).]]
[[Image:Mervyns 2.JPG|thumb|left|250px|A typical 1980s Mervyn's exterior storefront, this one being in [[Boise, Idaho]] (store #220).]]

Sixty-two store closures were announced by the new owners in September 2005,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Struggling Mervyns Will Close 62 Stores as It Slashes 4,800 Jobs |date=8 Sep 2005 |page=D2 |url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/650245995/?terms=mervyn%27s&match=1|access-date=2020-10-21 |website=The Sacramento Bee |via=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref> stating the 62 stores closed only accounted for 17% of the chain's sales. The closures comprised 28 of the 40 stores in [[Texas]], 15 stores in [[Michigan]], 10 stores in [[Colorado]], three stores in [[Oklahoma]], 3 stores in [[Louisiana]]; and one store closing in each state of [[Utah]], [[Oregon]], and [[California]]. Mervyn's had an enviable real estate portfolio, and it was believed they could further invest in those properties, and make themselves more competitive.

In 2007, an additional 18 stores were closed. Of the stores closed, 17 were in [[Oregon]] and [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and one in [[Grand Junction, Colorado]], which was the last remaining Mervyn's store in that state.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=The Daily Sentinel | title=Mervyn's prepares to close GJ store | url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/12/27/122807_1a_Mervyns.html | date=December 27, 2007 | access-date=December 30, 2007 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>