A Big Retailer Falls:
$2.5 Billion Mervyns Plans to Liquidate

A Big Retailer Falls:
$2.5 Billion Mervyns Plans to Liquidate

by Sharon Edelson with contributions from Evan Clark, Karyn Monget

Posted Friday October 17, 2008

Last Edited Sunday November 02, 2008

From WWD Issue 10/20/2008


The economy has claimed its first major department store casualty — stoking fears more may come.


On Friday, the $2.5 billion Mervyns said it would liquidate, holding...
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