Mervyn's
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Oct 22, 2026
Billy the KidHOST
God, what was Ross Clothes? TJ Maxx.
Billy the KidHOST
Why didn't you go to Mervin's?
PoohHOST
Remember Mervin's? Oh, man.
Billy the KidHOST
Who used to steal from Mervin's? Anyway, officers approached this guy, and they're like, hey, what's in the bags? Like, you're walking out of a store with rolling luggage.
Billy the KidHOST
And that's when he started running towards a Dodge Charger.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Okay.
Rick FarrelGUEST
Be respectful of the time that they've got.
Rick FarrelGUEST
If you're going in there and you know that you're walking into Nordstrom's, know you're gonna pay two times more than what you're gonna pay for at Mervyn's.
Rick FarrelGUEST
You know? Is Mervyn's still in business?
Randy VogelMODERATOR
Mervyn's of California.
Randy VogelMODERATOR
[laughs]
Jill BartonUNKNOWN
Oh, Mervyn's.
Rick FarrelGUEST
He's old.
Randy VogelMODERATOR
Okay, I'm sorry.
Randall VogelMODERATOR
Be respectful of the time that they've got.
Randall VogelMODERATOR
If you're going in there and you know that you're walking into Nordstrom's, know you're going to pay two times more than what you're going to pay for at Mervin's.
Randall VogelMODERATOR
You know, is Mervin's still in business? Mervin's of
Dan SteinbergHOST
California.
Randall VogelMODERATOR
He's old.
DannyGUEST
I was a pretty good student.
DannyGUEST
And occasionally, you know, if I'd get a really good report card, my parents would take us to Macy's instead of, you know, going to Mervin's or JCPenney, which was big deal, you know, money wise at the time.
DannyGUEST
I remember looking through the men's section.
DannyGUEST
And at that time, I can't remember if it was Macy's or if it was Emporium Capwell, but you used to be able to buy the Jockey Alance tubes in the boys section.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
I wasn't dating anybody.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
What do you do? I unload trucks at a Mervin store.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
You know, it's not quite like I'm on Wall Street and I do big deals and would you like to go to a great dinner? Right.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
Obviously, I didn't care about that.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
went to headquarter to do some inventory planning and different things.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
But before you knew it, I was at Target, which is back in Minnesota.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
I went there after five years at Mervin's and I took over the toy department.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
You know, I had my first or second really big buying responsibility.
Bardia RezHOST
But, you know, once a month on a Saturday, he'd take me to get my hair cut.
Bardia RezHOST
You know, once every six months or once a year, we'd, you know, go to Target or Mervin's and we'd buy some new clothes.
Bardia RezHOST
And that's kind of the extent of it.
Bardia RezHOST
I do have a couple memories of hanging out with my dad, going to the beach and doing a few things, getting a burger at this spot.
Jason SnellHOST
So I appreciated that sort of Dayton Hudson, Dayton's department store.
Jason SnellHOST
They sent you out here to Mervin's.
Jason SnellHOST
And then you went to Target and were there before you went to Apple.
Jason SnellHOST
At the end...
Jason SnellHOST
Dayton's Department Store.
Jason SnellHOST
They sent you out here to Mervyn's-
Ron JohnsonGUEST
Yeah
Jason SnellHOST
... um, and then you went to Target and were there before you went to Apple.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
[laughs] And they go, "We've never carried tires," but they took the tire back, you know.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
[laughs] And then, uh, a gal I worked for at Mervyn's at the time, this is in the '80s-
Bill GallagherHOST
Yeah
Ron JohnsonGUEST
... had gone to Nordstrom, was in a personal shopping appointment.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
That's a lesson I had to learn.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
After business school, I went to a retailer that was owned by Target Corp today called Mervin's.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
And at about 28, I think was my age, I got a chance to manage a group of 25 people, a large group.
Ron JohnsonGUEST
And it was Halloween.
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