A story in today’s business section shines a spotlight on Mervyns and its financial difficulties.

A credit monitoring company advised its clients — Mervyns suppliers — to hold off on shipping merchandise to the store. The chain already closed about 70 locations four years ago when Target sold it off.

While other discounters like Wal-mart and Costco are doing great lately, it appears Mervyns isn’t, despite its steep discounts.

I’m not sure what to think of this. On one hand, shopping sales racks there can sometimes be worse than digging through a thrift shop. But as a “vertically challenged” person, I’d sure hate to lose a store with such a complete petite department, one of the few left at discount stores.