Big Lots to reopen 132 stores in May. Here's where.

Big Lots is readying to reopen 132 much stores successful May arsenic the bankrupt discount retailer works to rebuild its marque nether caller ownership.

After filing for bankruptcy successful September of past twelvemonth and moving to liquidate its stores, the Ohio-based retailer successful December reached a last-minute deal to beryllium acquired by Gordon Brothers Retail Partners, a Boston-based plus advisory firm. 

As portion of that agreement, betwixt 200 and 400 Big Lots stores acceptable to beryllium closed were acquired by Variety Wholesalers, a discount retailer with much than 400 stores successful the U.S. Variety Wholesalers continues to run them nether the Big Lots brand. At the clip it was sold, Big Lots had a full of 869 stores.

The planned enlargement builds connected reopenings of Big Lots stores successful April, which included 9 stores crossed Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, a Big Lots spokesperson told CBS MoneyWatch.

"We're excited to bring an further 132 Big Lots! locations backmost to beingness successful May," Variety Wholesalers CEO Lisa Seigies, said successful a statement. "The lawsuit effect to the recently expanded assortment of caller inventory and large deals has been overwhelmingly positive."

Big Lots stores merchantability mundane items for the home, room and pantry. The store reopenings successful May are scheduled to instrumentality spot successful 2 phases crossed 14 states, with the top fig of openings taking spot successful North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania. 

Locations see some ample cities and tiny towns arsenic portion of the company's effort to summation "accessibility for a wide scope of customers," Variety Wholesalers said successful its statement. 

The fig of store closures astir the country surged successful 2024, according to caller information from probe steadfast CoreSight

Following is simply a database wherever astir the U.S. the 132 Big Lot stores are scheduled to reopen successful May.

Alabama: Athens, Decatur, Dothan, Guntersville, Jasper, Mobile, Northport

Florida: Crystal River, Jacksonville, Marianna, Ormond Beach, Panama City

Georgia: Augusta, Brunswick, Buford, Cornelia, Dallas, Fort Oglethorpe, Marietta, Smyrna, Valdosta, Vidalia, Waycross

Indiana: Jasper

Kentucky: Campbellsville, Danville, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Hazard, London, Middlesboro, Richmond, Somerset

Michigan: Burton, Flint, Port Huron, Shelby Township, Southgate

Mississippi: Southhaven

North Carolina: Belmont, Burlington, Clemmons, Dunn, Elizabeth City, Elkin, Fayetteville, Gastonia, Greensboro, Greenville, Hickory, Kinston, Lexington, Lincolnton, Mocksville, Mooresville, Mount Airy, Newton, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Selma, Shelby, Southport, Statesville, Wake Forest, Wilkesboro, Wilson

Ohio: Alliance, Boardman, Bridgeport, Columbus, Elyria, Fremont, Grove City, Kettering, Lancaster, New Philadelphia, Reynoldsburg, Toledo, Warren, Wintersville

Pennsylvania: Bloomsburg, Camp Hill, Cleona, Du Bois, Dunmore, East Stroudsburg, Erie, Eynon, Franklin, Lehighton, Lewisburg, Meadville, New Castle

South Carolina: Easley, Greenwood, Lexington, Rock Hill, Seneca, Simpsonville, Spartanburg, West Columbia

Tennessee: Alcoa, Cleveland, Greeneville, Jefferson City, Johnson City, Knoxville, Morristown, Murfreesboro, Rogersville, Sevierville

Virginia: Chesapeake, Chester, Fredericksburg, Front Royal, Martinsville, North Chesterfield, North Prince George, Waynesboro, Winchester, Yorktown

West Virginia: Beckley, Bridgeport, Charleston, Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, Oak Hill, Princeton

For much accusation connected Big Lots store locations, spell to biglots.com,