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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Big Lots announces plans to reopen 132 stores that were closed during bankruptcy last year

More than 100 previously closed locations of the discount stores will be reopened across 14 U.S. states beginning in May 2025 - (Getty Images)

Big Lots is bucking a troubling trend in the American retail scene by reopening more than 100 locations it had previously closed.

The discount chain’s new owners announced it planned to reopen 132 locations that closed last year amid the company’s bankruptcy proceedings, ABC News reports.

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