Jerry's Artarama (formerly Pier 1)

[Bunty]

Pier 1 in Stillwater is closing. I don't know of other Oklahoma stores closing.
https://www.furnituretoday.com/indus...to-450-stores/

[Pete]

Store across from Penn Square Mall on Penn:

[Pete]

Today, Pier 1 filed for bankruptcy:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/17/busin...tcy/index.html

[poe]

Looks like Pier 1 is closing all stores for good.

[Pete]

Looks like Pier 1 is closing all stores for good.

That sucks as I really like a lot of their housewares.

Everyone seems worried about restaurants, hotels, and airlines but it seems retail is where there will be many ruined companies.

[poe]

That sucks as I really like a lot of their housewares.

Everyone seems worried about restaurants, hotels, and airlines but it seems retail is where there will be many ruined companies.

Agree. Most everything I’ve bought at Pier 1 has lasted and is good quality. It’s really unprecedented to see so many industries and people affected.

[jbkrems]

Well, once they start their Liquidation Sales everyone will be able to go and get some very good deals.

[Brad72]

Time to stock up on our dish and glassware since most of it came from there.

[Jersey Boss]

Pier One Stores have not reopened yet. At least not the one in Norman.

[kukblue1]

Well, once they start their Liquidation Sales everyone will be able to go and get some very good deals.

No. I went to the one in Wichita Falls when it was all 60% off. That stuff was so marked up it wasn't a deal at all. You might think your getting a deal but NO.

[Bill Robertson]

I have to admit that I didn’t know Pier 1 even still existed. I thought they went away about the time of Sharper Image. It just wasn’t my style. I’m a man of very simple, bland tastes of things decor.

[CCOKC]

I got an email from Pier One yesterday saying the 3 metro stores are reopening today. I too have bought many things from Pier One especially since moving to my apartment 3 years ago. When the Penn Square store closed earlier this year I bought an entire year's worth of candles for practically nothing. I loved popping in that store on Sundays and looking at the sale items.

[Pete]

I'm going to miss it.

I have tons of their glassware and a bunch of their Christmas stuff as well.

[Pete]

BTW, Cost Plus Imports is quite similar but larger and also carries some food options.

Would sure like them to do at least one more store in the area in addition to their Norman location.

[WenDragon]

agreed. Now to get an IKEA here.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

BTW, Cost Plus Imports is quite similar but larger and also carries some food options.

Would sure like them to do at least one more store in the area in addition to their Norman location.

Cost Plus World Market reminds me of the old Pier 1. No one remembers that they used to sell hippy style clothes, kind of BoHo patchouli style. This was back in the 80s. Then they went into home furnishings hard.
The Cost Plus World Market in Bellevue Washington is great. Double salt swedish licorice coins. Lots of good teas and euro spices. I would love one in OKC.

[Pete]

What I remember about the old Pier 1 was wicker.

Lots and lots and lots of wicker.

[Edmond Hausfrau]

Yes! And fringe shawls and paper lanterns...

[Pete]

[Pete]

The old Pier 1 across from Penn Square will become a Dollar Tree.

[shawnw]

more top tier retail for the area

[DoctorTaco]

more top tier retail for the area

yikes!

[Colbafone]

The old Pier 1 across from Penn Square will become a Dollar Tree.

I can't stop laughing at this. What an absolute failure.

[Rover]

I can't stop laughing at this. What an absolute failure.

Failure by who? Is this just a NIMBY response? Not like they are building a tin building there.... the building is already there.

Is "diversity" in urban development just a word we like to use? Seems to me this serves a lot of people who are equidistant as Nichols Hills from this.

[Colbafone]

There's already a Dollar Tree on 63rd and May and another on 23rd and Penn. There's no need for one here. And those other two fit better within their confines. This building, being standalone, I feel like it has a lot more potential than just a Dollar Tree. I feel like this is just Gamble accepting the first thing he could get, after it sat vacant for the past year or so.