Big Lots is closing stores again: See a list of doomed locations in the latest twist for the discount retail chain

Your local discount store might be going out of business—again. Less than 15 months after hundreds of Big Lots locations were saved from permanent closure in a dramatic 11th-hour bankruptcy deal, some stores are already shuttering, Fast Company has learned. Variety Wholesalers, the North Carolina-based retail company that took over the stores from liquidation firm Gordon Brothers in early 2025, has closed or will close at least a small number of Big Lots locations in three states th...