In a tough fourth quarter, Big Lots missed a Wall Street earnings estimate as supply chain, the COVID-19 Omicron variant and weather pressured financial results, according to the company. Big Lots posted a net income of $49.8 million, or $1.63 per diluted share,...
According to Placer.ai’s Superstores Quarterly Index for Fourth Quarter 2021 consumer visits to superstores were up 6.8% in the period year over year, up 10.9% compared to the 2020 quarter, and up 5.7% compared to the 2019 period. The COVID-19 pandemic may even have...
Big Lots, in a statement providing a fourth-quarter outlook, also offered a long-range growth plan that includes the addition of 500 stores and a margin plan that details a significant value-creation opportunity over the coming years. In doing so, Big Lots...
With continued consumer demand for value merchandise unabated and relative financial strength among major companies, few doubted that off-price retailers would make a rapid comeback from closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean they don’t face...
In the holiday season, Big Lots is encouraging shoppers to embrace “have-it-all-idays” in advertising starring Molly Shannon and Eric Stonestreet. The new advertising, already begun airing, runs as a series of spots deployed across local and national television,...
