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Article: Cost Plus celebrates 50 years
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- November 16, 2008
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WALNUT CREEK
Rose Brady came in looking for a back scratcher at the Cost Plus
World Market here, but left the store with items that included
peppermint bark candy and chocolate-covered sunflower seeds.
"Sometimes I come here to browse and see what I can find. You can
always find something," said the Antioch resident of the pioneer
retailer, which is known for its wide assortment of imported
housewares, baskets, furniture, soaps, foods, wines and other
merchandise.
Oakland-based Cost Plus Inc. is celebrating its 50th anniversary
this year just months after rejecting an unsolicited bid to buy it
in June from its much bigger Fort Worth, Texas-based rival Pier 1,
which also has its roots in the ...