[BurbankKarl]

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[FreePaul]

...closing up to 170 stores...

Pretty meaningless until someone tells us how many stores they had before they started closing. I know they've closed stores here.

[jsmith48]

I'm not really surprised, the only times I've ever gone in there all they have is junk.

[dc-zoo]

So now they'll be the "Not So Big Lots"?

[ShadowDancer]

Good. Those places smell as bad as they look.

[Paradox]

A few years ago, I read an article about stores like Big Lots, which said that during times of economic hardship, those kinds of stores prosper because people are stingier with their money. So maybe the economy is not as bad as the Democrats/MSM are telling me?

[Dysart]

I was in one of these outlets down the street from my home ( I had some time on my hands) and was browsing their "furniture" dept, and spotted what appeared to be a very nice mahogany chest for $299. Upon closer inspection, it was actually plastic! I thought it was a joke, or maybe just a display replica, but no, it was the real deal. I found the fact that people were tripping over each in there almost as astonishing as the crap they were pedaling.

[Popman]

Time to buy some shares

[Loyal Buckeye]

I have yet to go to a Big Lots and find something I am seeking.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Big Lots is closing because enough of their customers finally realized that if they wanted to buy junk they could do better at a Salvation Army Thrift Store.