about Mervyns

Since 1949, Mervyns has delivered the right balance of style, quality, and value for families. By focusing our merchandise on just what you want in your closet and home, we hope to give you more time for what really matters: your family. Our ongoing goal is to satisfy our customers' expectations better than the competition by offering style, quality, and excellent service—all at great prices.

Our heritage

When our founder Mervin Morris opened our first store in San Lorenzo, California, in 1949, he knew he was on to something. This modest family store was an instant success, and today is considered the prototype for the mid-range department store. In fact, Mervin Morris achieved a number of firsts: Mervyns not only was the first to offer customers revolving credit and advertise sales in the newspaper, but also was the first to focus on young families.

Our values

Mervyns is a family-friendly, promotional department store that offers trend-right fashion and home décor at affordable prices. We’re based in California, and our corporate culture can best be described as performance driven and results oriented. Our core values include the following:

• Act with honesty, integrity, and respect.
• Be relentlessly customer-centric.
• Drive results, performance, and excellence.
• Be proactive, diligent, and courageous.
• Create, innovate, and challenge.

Our stores

Mervyns now operates more than 177 stores in 7 states, providing a great mix of top national brands and exclusive private labels that our loyal customers have come to love. Mervyns stores have an average of 80,000 retail square feet, smaller than most other mid-tier retailers and easier to shop, and are located primarily in regional malls, community shopping centers, and freestanding sites. Find a store in your neighborhood.

Mervyns in the community

Due to Mervyns' strong neighborhood and family focus, community giving has been a cornerstone of the business since 1949. Read more about our community involvement.