by Mike Duff | Feb 14, 2025 | Retail Articles
In an off-price retailer switch, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has opened four new stores in Wisconsin in former Big Lots locations. The Ollie’s stores are operating in Fond Du Lac, Sheboygan, West Bend and Mount Pleasant markets. Eric van der Valk, Ollie’s...
by Mike Duff | Jan 23, 2025 | Retail Articles
Coresight Research has issued its predictions for 2025 store openings and closures by sector in the United States, with store closures up to about 15,000 and store openings steady at 5,800. Closures announced late in 2024 and early in 2025 by Party City, Big Lots,...
by Mike Duff | Jan 6, 2025 | Retail Articles
In a move to keep the Big Lots banner waving, the bankrupt off-price retailer announced it closed the company’s previously announced sale agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners that will enable Variety Wholesalers to acquire between 200 and 400 Big Lots...
by Mike Duff | Jan 2, 2025 | Retail Articles
After entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and warning of possible liquidation, Big Lots announced it entered an agreement with Gordon Brothers Retail Partners that enables the transfer of Big Lots assets, including stores, distribution centers and intellectual...
by Chandler Harvey | Dec 20, 2024 | Retail Articles
Retail took some surprising twists in 2024, as the view forward from 2023 didn’t reveal how the way forward would have so many twists and turns. Of course, some developments fell into old patterns and some weaker retailers fell by the wayside. Meanwhile, an...
