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Pier 1 Imports Inc.

(PIR) is in the Retail Industry

Market Cap:$641.7M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Pier 1 Imports is North America's largest specialty retailer of unique fashion-forward, decorative home furnishings, gifts and related items directly imported from over 50 countries around the world - displayed in over 1,000 Pier 1 Imports stores in a visually appealing setting. The Company has international operations in Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

Number of Employees 18,200

Contact Information

100 Pier 1 Place

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

www.pier1.com

(817) 252-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code All Other Home Furnishings Stores: 442299

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Recent Events

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News & Analysis

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Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Announces Retirement of Chairman & CEO Marvin J. Girouard and Election of Alex W. Smith as Board Member, President and Chief Executive Officer

- 2007-01-30

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced that Marvin J. Girouard, its current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer will retire on February 19, 2007 from the Company and its Board. On that date, Mr. Girouard will resign his director and officer positions with the Company, its subsidiaries...

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Pier 1 Imports, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend and Board Approves a New $150 Million Share Repurchase Plan

- 2004-06-25

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 on the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock and approved a new $150 million share repurchase plan.

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Pier 1 Starts Fiscal Year 2000 With Girouard as Chairman

- 1999-03-01

FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--March 1, 1999--Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced that Marvin J. Girouard, 59, has assumed the role of Chairman of the Board as of February 28, 1999, the start of Pier 1's fiscal year 2000. Girouard, who joined the Company in 1975, was elected Senior Vice...

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Pier 1 Imports declares a 5% stock dividend

- 1995-03-15

FORT WORTH, Texas--BUSINESS WIRE--March 15, 1995--Pier 1 Imports Inc. (NYSE:PIR) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a 5% Common Stock Dividend for shareholders of record on May 1, 1995, to be distributed May 17, 1995.Additionally the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of 3 cents per share with...

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