By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-20 12:36:53 | Updated at 2024-12-20 17:32:00
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Big Lot has announced a full list of all its stores which are set to close down.
The discount retail chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September, and has already shut hundreds of stores nationwide.
In a press release yesterday, the company said it would begin the sales at its 963 remaining locations, after a sale to a private equity firm fell through.
More than 400 Big Lots stores have already closed this year, marking a 30 percent decrease in its footprint.
In an email to employees shared with Nexstar, president and CEO Bruce Thorn said that the pending store closures could 'be reversed if we successfully complete a sale.'
He added that Big Lots is continuing its efforts to secure an alternative deal with the private equity firm Nexus Capital Management, or with another party.
'In the meantime, we will continue to serve our customers both in-store and online,' he continued.
Here is a full list of all the discount retailer's locations which will soon be shutting up shop for good.
For a full breakdown of closures, including you local store, click the link at the bottom.
Big Lots full list of store closures
Alabama - 23 stores
Arizona - nine stores
Arkansas - nine stores
California - 22 stores
Colorado - four stores
Connecticut - six stores
Delaware - five stores
Florida - 72 stores
Georgia - 39 stores
Idaho - four stores
Illinois - 17 stores
Indiana - 35 stores
Iowa - one store
Kansas - four stores
Kentucky - 35 stores
Louisiana - 13 stores
Maine - four stores
Maryland - 21 stores
Big Lots is beginning 'going out of business' sales at all its stores across the US, as it prepares to close its remaining locations
Massachusetts - 17 stores
Michigan - 32 stores
Minnesota - one store
Mississippi - 12 stores
Missouri - 16 stores
Montana - one store
Nebraska - three stores
Nevada - six stores
New Hampshire - five stores
New Jersey - 18 stores
The Ohio-based chain filed for bankruptcy in September, after years of major losses
New Mexico - 11 stores
New York - 50 stores
North Carolina - 66 stores
Ohio - 90 stores
Oklahoma - 18 stores
Oregon - five stores
Pennsylvania - 64 stores
Rhode Island - one store
South Carolina - 34 stores
Tennessee - 40 stores
Texas - 87 stores
Utah - one store
Vermont - two stores
Virginia - 33 stores
Washington - six stores
Wisconsin - four stores
Wyoming - one store
The store sells furniture and homeware alongside toys, beauty products and groceries
The Chapter 11 filing from Big Lots is one of many high profile bankruptcies this year, which also included restaurant chain Red Lobster and retailer Esprit.
US retailers have closed 7,308 stores so far this year in what has been dubbed a 'retail bloodbath.'
Many legacy chains have struggled to bring in shoppers in 2024 whose wallets have been hit by years of rampant inflation, and are failing to compete with the expansion of online shopping options.
By mid-December, 49 retailers had filed for bankruptcy, compared to just 25 in 2023, according to the latest data from Coresight.
In the week ending December 13, 129 stores closed across the country, including 41 Family Dollar locations, 20 Dollar Generals and eight Dollar Trees.
Family Dollar, which operates under the Dollar Tree brand, has closed the most stores in the last couple of years, shuttering 718 locations since the start of 2023.
Big Lots, meanwhile, closed 349 in the same period.
For your local closures click here.
