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Dallas' Flea Style rides west for new outpost in Fort Worth Stockyards

There'll be a hat bar.

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One of Dallas' favorite flea market emporiums is headed for a new frontier in Fort Worth: Flea Style will open a shop with a small restaurant in the bustling Mule Alley area of the historic Stockyards district this fall, a release says.

Flea Style, which is known for supporting unique artisans and small businesses, will offer local goods, handmade clothing, jewelry, home decor, custom hats, and Western-influenced pieces in the Mule Alley store. It will be the brand's third brick-and-mortar, after locations in Deep Ellum and Frisco.

“We’re so excited to expand to Cowtown,” says Brittany Cobb, CEO and founder, in the release. "With the success of our Wide Brim concept store in Hotel Drover and our Stetson hat collection, we know Mule Alley is the perfect location to bring our retail and restaurant brands and cannot wait to swing open our doors.”

Flea Style has been an evolving enterprise since 2009: from its early days as "Dallas Flea," a Dallas-themed market, to its 2016 transformation into a broader event called Flea Style encompassing vendors from beyond Dallas, to the founding of its online store, the Deep Ellum storefront in 2018, and the Frisco location in 2019.

Cobb focuses on custom collaborations between makers and rare finds that she sources around the globe, including clothing, jewelry, home decor, hats, and unique Western wear.

The 3,400-square-foot space in Mule Alley will also house a hat bar featuring a private label Stetson collection, as well as colorful vegan options and an assortment of "unique accents for customers to make bespoke hats," the release says.

A mini version of their restaurant Heirloom Haul will nestle inside, offering a menu of specialty sips, such as frosé and signature lattes.

“Flea Style completes our tenant mix of Western wear brands that are available at Mule Alley and cements our status as the only place that visitors can find an unparalleled, curated retail experience,” touts Kayla Wilkie, Fort Worth Heritage Development Co. team leader for design and development, in the release. “Flea Style customers travel far and wide to experience Cobb’s unique mix, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to offer that to Fort Worth locals and Stockyards tourists alike.”

Flea Style will be be located at 128 E. Exchange Ave., and hours will be 10 am-7 pm Sunday-Thursday and 10 am-8 pm Friday and Saturday. For updates on the opening, visit fleastyle.com and follow on Instagram @fleastyle.

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Goodwill transforms former Plano Walgreens into first small-format store

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An old Walgreens has become a new Goodwill store in Plano.

UPDATE 7-31-2026: Due to construction delays, the store opening has been pushed back to Thursday, August 13.

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Leave it to Goodwill to find a second use for a former Walgreens. The nonprofit is transforming a vacant drugstore building in Plano into its first ever, small-format store.

According to a release, Goodwill Industries of Dallas will debut the first-of-its-kind store at 3000 McDermott Rd., Plano, on Thursday, August 6.

The organization has converted the former pharmacy into a 10,000-square-foot thrift store and donation center. For comparison, that's less than one-third of the size of the massive, 31,000-square-foot "Broadway store" that opened in Garland earlier this year as the largest Goodwill in Texas and the second largest in the U.S.

The nonprofit says the new concept is designed to serve neighborhoods with a smaller footprint while still offering a steady flow of merchandise. Shoppers can expect about 5,000 new items to hit the sales floor each day, ranging from clothing and housewares to books, toys, and other donated goods.

It's also a creative example of "adaptive reuse" for one of the many drugstores have have shuttered in recent years around Dallas-Fort Worth. (CVS, are you listening?)

The Plano location will create 70 jobs, they say, and include a donation center where residents can drop off gently used items to support Goodwill's workforce development programs.

The opening comes as resale shopping continues to surge nationwide, Goodwill notes. According to the 2024 ThredUp Resale Report, the U.S. secondhand market grew 11 percent in 2023 — seven times faster than the broader retail clothing industry — and is projected to reach $73 billion by 2028.

"This store is a blueprint for how Goodwill Dallas turns vacant spaces into neighborhood assets, creating jobs, funding workforce development, and keeping quality goods accessible to families who need them most," Goodwill Industries of Dallas president and CEO Tim Heis says in the release.

The timing is also fortuitous for shoppers: The store will debut just ahead of Texas' 2026 Tax-Free Weekend, August 7-9, which will offer clothing, footwear, school supplies, backpacks without state sales tax.

Once doors on August 6, open the Plano store will operate 9 am-9 pm Monday-Saturday and 10 am-7 pm Sunday.

Goodwill Industries of Dallas has served North Texas since 1923, using proceeds from its retail stores to fund free job training, employment placement, and career services for people facing barriers to employment across eight North Texas counties.

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