Pier 1 logo Today, Pier 1 put a notice on their website saying that they are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the company pursues a sale of its US business. As a result, Pier 1 decided to cease Canadian operations and close all of their Canadian stores. There goes another retailer killed by a changing industry. :( Via C TV News

Image: Techcrunch This week, 7-Eleven announced that it is piloting a 700 sqft cashier-less store inside their Irving, Texas Headquarters that's only open to their employees and has a limited assortment of 7-Eleven's popular items, which will be refined as the experiment progresses. This store will use a mobile app that allows the customer to buy items in the store and special technology that tracks what a customer purchases.

I'm pleased to announce that I've made a secondary   Tumblr page for the blog! This page will feature more short form content that is not suited for a blog post as well as my 3D models and retail memes I make. You can find it here. This new Tumblr will not replace the blog.  Hopefully you'll like the new Tumblr I made. -DZ

For today's store facts post, I'll be talking about the small Dominion turned Metro located at a plaza in the Mississauga Valley area of Mississauga. Background This store was a Dominion store before becoming a Metro in 2008. This store basically had no remodels since the mid-2000s deluxe Fresh 2.0 remodel by Dominion and the usual chain wide upgrades. Despite being located near a Food Basics at Central Parkway Mall, this dinky Metro still does some decent business. Layout Map of the store I haven't been to this store in years, so some things may be off as I've based this off the typical Fresh 2.0 layout and from Google Map pictures I've seen of this store. The only layout anomaly is that Produce is on the right side of the store instead of in the Grand Aisle and that the meat section is on the right side of the grand aisle instead of at the back. Key points Former Dominion (A&P Owned Chain) Open 24 hours Decor: Fresh 2.0 with revamped Floral,