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Pier 1 Imports traded down more than 15 percent Monday after Goldman Sachs lowered its earnings and price target, issuing a pessimistic view of the chain's proposed acquisition of Cost Plus Inc.

Stiff competition and a plethora of red ink have kept a lid on retailer Pier 1 Imports' stock price over the last couple of years, and the resurrection of the stock is still in doubt.

Texas retail chain Pier 1 Imports is no longer pushing for a takeover of Cost Plus, the company announced.

Pier 1 Imports Inc. said June 24 that is has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Cost Plus Inc.

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Analysts, on average, had forecast a loss of 15 cents per share. Meanwhile, sales for the quarter fell to $310 million from $356.4 million; the Street was calling for revenue of $338.2 million.

Pier 1 Imports Inc. said it shrunk its fiscal first-quarter loss despite lower sales because of better profit margins and improved operating costs.

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Pier 1 Imports Inc.'s shares lost more than a fifth of their value Thursday after the home furnishing retailer's quarterly loss was much wider than analysts had expected.

Cost Plus Inc. said Monday its board has unanimously rejected Pier 1 Inc.'s unsolicited bid to buy the home furnishings retailer for about $88 million.

Expect to see more buyouts and bankruptcies in the U.S. home furnishings sector as a battered housing market forces weaker companies to close stores or sell assets in order to survive.

Pier 1 Imports Inc. offered to buy Cost Plus Inc. for $4 a share, the suitor said Monday, a prospective deal between home-furnishings retailers playing out in the face of a declining U.S. economy and a swooning ...

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