Posted on 01/07/2020 4:19:53 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
FORT WORTH, Texas — Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as it struggles to draw consumers and compete online.
The home decor company said Monday it is closing up to 450 stores and will also shutter distribution centers. It didn't say where the store closures would occur, but it operates stores in the U.S. and Canada. Pier 1 also plans layoffs at its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas.
There are seven Pier 1 locations in the Pittsburgh area. We’re working to find out if any of those are on the closure list.
The company didn’t say how many workers will be impacted.
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Brick and mortar is hard. Amazon et al is easy and you get a better choice at a lower price.
The problem with Amazon is all the junk from third party sellers.
Best to look at the comment section always.
I haven’t been in a Pier 1 in years. Do they sell anything NOT made in China?
Caveat emptor. Know what you’re buying. I return lots to them. Free shipping always, with my ‘Prime’.
I’ve found stuff I didn’t know existed. And bought it. And enjoyed those products. If you can imagine it, someone made it.
Because younger people arent into the granny knick-knacks, and decorations made for suburban mcmansions, that they sell.
If you need a fake wine crate or whatever, you can buy it from the Goodwill for far less.
I never go there, everything is overpriced
Amazon = ChiCom store front.
OH MY GOD!
My favorite store. Beautiful decor.
It bothers me as well that some here will not take the time to consider buying in their communities first, even if it means paying a higher price because it is brick and mortar.
This is one of the reasons why the big cities have a disproportionate share of the vote and why the cities were able to have their votes become more important than less urban areas.
I stopped going there because it was overpriced crap.
And I will never understand big biz’s fixation with youth. Young’uns have less money and less room for crap. And brand loyalty ain’t what it once was.
My wife and I pretty much lived by Costco. When we moved from Seattle to the sticks in central KY we went from having several Costcos within a half hour or less from our home to the nearest one being 90 minutes away. We still shop there, but we have to plan a little better.
But then we discovered Amazon and Prime. It took me a couple of years to figure out that though Costco had good stuff, Amazon had it in spades - with reviews. We still have the membership, but one of the driving factors is that we’ve been members since 1988, and in KY that is perceived as before the dawn of time.
And then I learned that my daughter that lives in Seattle no longer even goes to the grocery store. She does ALL of her shopping online, visiting food stores only when she’s already out and about and needs something odd.
That discovery, for me, was like, in the late 90’s, being at my daughter’s varsity high school basketball practice and seeing tons of CD’s and CD players scattered on the bleachers and noticing that every single one was home recorded - and what that meant for the recording industry.
I think a critical mass day is coming, where shopping malls are going to start closing en-mass. And most other brick and mortars as well. The only thing left will be stuff people can walk to from their home, or congregate, or need to be supplied locally and face to face (starbucks, nurseries, barber shops, ephemeral goods). And once tech allows reliable “work from home”, well that exacerbates the situation.
Young’uns have less money and less room for crap. And brand loyalty ain’t what it once was.
They spend what they have on eating out. No cooking and no home love or decor. At least from what I see. Not all I’m sure.
LOL. Nailed it.
Some third party products are good, but the junk makes search difficult.
Dude, do NOT go there with ME. Buying in my retail wasteland of a community?
SNORT.
Pard, I literally cannot do that most of the time thanks to choices my local retailers have made. For instance, nobody around here stocks tall women's clothing? What do you want me to do. Run around in high water pants? If a local retailer wants my biz, they can carry what I want or need at a price I'm willing to pay. And on price I am fortunate enough to be flexible. But if they don't have what I want or need in the first place and/or are charging an insanely markup, I'm damned if I'll settle for less when I can easily get it elsewhere.
Yeah. I’m in a busy area. Have two Costco within 10 or so minutes from me. Found that some stores don’t have everything I’m looking for. I go to the one for gasoline and a certain nitrates tree ham and another because it is closer. (The town that has no gasoline bans it there for some reason)
I buy groceries myself. I want to buy fresh good looking produce and meat. I pick and chose.
I can’t eat wheat and found a very good rice pasta at Amazon. So I do buy some foodstuffs there. On Gluten free flour I find it’s considerably cheaper at the grocery store than amazon. So like everything else you have to be a smart shopper.
We have a Costco in Evansville, not that impressed with them. I like Sam’s Club better. The brick and mortar stores are on the way out, Amazon has made a huge change in that. I never could understand the pull of Pier 1, it’s all crap to me. I guess I never felt the need to buy stuff to just set it around and then I have to dust it. It was all faddish, and I never had the money for fads.
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