Ejection Fraction (EF) is a measurement used by physicians to determine how well your heart is functioning. An EF is a percentage of blood that is pumped out of the heart during each beat. Ejection refers to the amount of blood that is pumped out of the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, during each heartbeat.
Mervyns was owned by Target Corp., for the most part under Target's previous incarnation as Dayton Hudson Corp., until 2004, when it was sold to a group of investors including Cerberus Capital Management and Sun Capital Partners.
Quick Answer. Reasons that Mervyn's closed down its stores in 2008 include a decrease in consumer spending due to the economic recession and competitors that had more appeal to consumers. Another issue was that private equity firms bought the company in 2004, stripping its real estate assets.