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cb6f7-us-big-lots-inc
Big Lots, Inc.
Location
Ohio
Founded
1967-02-08
Website
https://www.biglots.com/
Articles
1407 Articles
Category
Variety Stores
Description
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is a discount retailer operating approximately 1,400 stores in 47 states with product assortments in the merchandise categories of Furniture, Seasonal, Soft Home, Food, Consumables, Hard Home, and Electronics, Toys & Accessories. Our mission is to help people Live BIG and Save Lots. We strive to be the BIG difference for a better life by delivering unmatched value to our customers through surprise and delight, being a “best places to work” culture for our associates, rewarding our shareholders with consistent growth and top tier returns, and doing good in our communities as we do well. For more information about the Company, visit www.biglots.com.
Few industries have experienced highs and lows as much as the home furnishings sector over the last three years. Driven by COVID-19 stay-at-home measures and remote work, the industry saw... Read More
Battle-hardened by the early days of the pandemic, U.S. companies are looking back at their performance during prior slowdowns and identifying possible cost savings, finance chiefs say
Medallion Center is coming out of the worst of the pandemic with a $5 million exterior facelift and new stores. The neighborhood shopping center, anchored by...
Orange County Business Journal
2021 OC 50: UP TO MANNA
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Get the latest OC business and Coronavirus updates
eNews Update Selections
WHY: Beauty guru who founded multi-brand business in 2011. One of OC's fastest-growing private
SALISBURY— In a spacious room that was once filled with clothing racks, shoes and perfume, dozens of nurses, Rowan County staff members and volunteers hustle to clean equipment, input information on computers and rush vials of vacine out of the door.
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