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5 Dallas-area locations of Pier 1 Imports will close in bankruptcy

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After many efforts to stay afloat, Fort Worth-based Pier I Imports has thrown in the embroidered towel and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The home furnishings chain said in a release that it filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia, and is officially for sale. The company is entertaining offers from multiple potential buyers who may acquire them out of bankruptcy.

Meanwhile, they'll close up to 450 stores, including all of its stores in Canada.

A company spokesperson would not confirm the closures, but USA Today magically has a list of 300 stores set to shutter, including 20 stores across Texas.

That includes 5 in the DFW area as follows:

Amarillo: 8511 West Interstate Highway 40
Arlington: 4145 South Cooper St.
Arlington: 780 Road to Six Flags St. East.
Burleson: 1107 N Burleson Blvd.
College Station: 1424 Texas Ave. South
Denton: 1800 S. Loop 288.
El Paso: 8889 Gateway Blvd. W.
Galveston: 6228 Broadway St.
Georgetown: 1019 West University Ave.
Houston: 110 Meyerland Plaza Mall.
Houston: 17725 Tomball Parkway
Houston: 2501 Rice Blvd.
Houston: 6815 Highway 6 N.
Irving: 7805 N MacArthur Blvd.
Lewisville: 500 E. Round Grove Road
Longview: 307 West Loop 281
Pasadena: 5660 Fairmont Parkway
Pearland: 3113 Silverlake Village Drive
San Antonio: 11625 Bandera Road
Wichita Falls: 4400 Kemp Blvd.

According to CNBC, they're also closing two distribution centers.

The closures were initially announced in January, although the locations were not identified at that time. It represents about half of their total number of stores.

The closures will be staggered over the next few months, with some stores such as the location in Irving, closing at the end of February, and others closing later in the spring. Sales have already started at all of the stores that are closing.

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Goodwill transforms former Plano Walgreens into first small-format store

Photo courtesy of Goodwill

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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