Pier 1 Closing 8 Ohio Stores In 2020: Report

STRONGSVILLE, OH — Pier 1 will close eight Ohio stores in 2020. The retail brand announced in early January it would shutter about half its locations nationwide.

The company plans to close certain distribution centers and lower its corporate spending, as well as lay off workers at the corporate level. Pier 1 will shutter stores across Ohio in the coming months.

Last week, Business Insider reported the chain erased 260 locations from its website and that there's strong evidence the retailer plans to close those stores. Associates at the stores then confirmed to Patch they would be closing. Here are the stores that will shutter this year:

• Pier 1 in Cincinnati, at 2689 Edmondson Road
• Pier 1 in Columbus, at 3970 Morse Crossing
• Pier 1 in Columbus, at 6672 Sawmill Road
• Pier 1 at Legacy Village, at 24703 Cedar Road
• Pier 1 in North Olmsted, at 25953 Great Northern Shop Center
• Pier 1 in Saint Clairsville, at 50850 Valley Centre Boulevard
• Pier 1 in Strongsville, at 18094 Royalton Road
• Pier 1 in Toledo, at 5203 Monroe Street

Pier 1 also confirmed on Facebook that stores removed from the website will be closing, telling a customer, "If you have any questions about stores in your area, you can visit Pier1.com and enter your zip code at the top of the page. Closing locations have been removed from this list."

Pier 1 said it will use a third-party liquidator to help with the closings, noting that its lenders signed off on its plan to reduce its brick-and-mortar footprint. The planned closures come as the company faces smaller foot traffic.

Robert Riesbeck, CEO and CFO of the retail chain thanked store workers for their hard work and commitment to serving customers.

"Although decisions that impact our associates are never easy, reducing the number of our brick-and-mortar locations is a necessary business decision," he said in a statement.