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The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	A Lonely Walk Down Pier 1 It's tough to find good news in this once quirky-but-successful retailer. Digging into the third-quarter results, there is no reason for investors to get too hopeful.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Berkshire Takes Stake in Pier 1 Is the home furnishings retailer on the road to recovery?
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The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Williams-Sonoma Pride It may be time to party over the results at Williams-Sonoma.
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The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	A Sea of Red at Pier 1 Imports Another disappointing quarter for Pier 1. After five years of deteriorating trends management still is struggling to find the right merchandise for the stores.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Phil Wohl	Williams-Sonoma's Home Run The leading upscale home furnishings retailer continues to take advantage of favorable conditions.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Rich Duprey	Looking Shipshape at Pier 1 Quarterly results show the turnaround has taken off at Pier 1.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 David Meier	A One-Day 20%-Off Sale? Even though the specialty retailer of home decor is trading 65% below its 52-week high, it may not be a bargain. With the uncertainty surrounding merchandise and same-store sales, you don't have any margin of safety in today's price.
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BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	All Gussied Up At Pier 1 With the stock at $18.56, down from nearly $25 a year ago, most analysts remain wary. But a change of merchandise and a fresh ad blitz have some on Wall Street rating this stock a buy.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Alyce Lomax	May's Compulsive Shopping May was a good month for many specialty retailers, and it's apparent that clothing -- in particular women's apparel -- was flying off the racks.
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Phil Wohl	Williams-Sonoma Delivers Value The leading retailer of home products consistently produces results. Amid other positive news, the company lifted its full-year 2004 earnings expectations to $1.57 to $1.61 per share from $1.53 to $1.57.
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The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Pier 1 Cleans House Investors, the retailer clears its decks in hopes of returning to profitability.
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The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Rich Smith	Cost Plus Best of the Worst? Disappointing as fourth-quarter numbers were, each of them reflects an improvement over the company's results for the year -- suggesting that Cost Plus may be leading the pack of treasure-hunt home furnishers out of their industry-wide slump.
The Motley Fool September 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Specialty Retail Tales Not every specialty retailer is cut from the same mold -- some are just moldy.
BusinessWeek July 19, 2004 David Henry	A Second Act For Pier 1? Shares of Pier 1 Imports are in the doghouse. But Robert Olstein, manager of the Olstein Financial Alert Fund, says that with the stock so far down, it is cheap enough to buy. He owns 1.6 million shares.
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