"These stores are off to a very strong start," Ollie's CEO Eric van der Valk said of the new stores during an earnings call on June 3. "We appear to be benefiting from the fact that these are warm ...

Big Lots told social media followers this month that it has no e-commerce component—as fake versions of its website have proliferated. Big Lots has been through a wild ride since the home-goods ...

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A handful of the Triangle’s Big Lots stores are reopening, but several, including one in Durham, are being converted into new ...

Bankruptcy and Store Closures at Big Lots. Back in September, Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection weeks after announcing plans to close 340 stores across the United States.

Big Lots, which is based in Columbus, Ohio, and operates more than 900 locations across the U.S., sells furniture, lawn and garden, apparel, health and beauty, and other consumer goods.

Big Lots announced it will likely not complete its purchase agreement to sell off its assets as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and is holding Going Out of Business sales now.

The first nine newly revived Big Lots stores opened in April, followed by 54 in early May, and now another 73 locations this week. A final upcoming batch of 78 stores is slated to open by June 5 ...

Eight days after Big Lots announced plans for liquidation sales at all of its U.S. stores, the discount retailer said Friday it reached a deal with an asset buyer that will allow at least 200 ...

Big Lots went belly up last year because it chased away budget-conscious customers with high prices and pushed merchandise they didn't want, the discount retailer's new owner told The Post.

Big Lots, Inc. hopes to have the sale completed by early January. With no deal set, the company will begin Going Out of Business sales to protect the value of its estate.