Meryvn's was founded in 1949 by Mervin G. Mossis and opened its first store in San Lorenzo, California. Durring the mid 1990's Mervyn's tried a failed experiment to increase sales, by attempting to rename themselves "Mervyn's California".
Today Mervyn's is part of Target Corporation with sales of $4 billion and 264 stores in 14 states and 28,000 employees.