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FT WORTH, TEXAS—Pier 1 announced on Monday that it has launchedChapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and is pursuing a sale of thecompany. Several weeks ago it warned it would have to shutternearly half of its stores and rumors had been swirling that theretailer was set to file for bankruptcy

The company is in talks with several potential buyers that couldacquire the retailer out of bankruptcy and pending court approvalqualified bids will be submitted by March 23.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.