After announcing mass closures nearly ten times the initial estimate, big box discount store Big Lots has identified the locations that will be shuttering permanently — including 11 Texas stores.
Ohio-based Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware less than a month ago. The filing came with little surprise after the retailer announced the closure of around 315 stores in August. The first indication of closures was made in July, when Big Lots said it would close 35 to 40 stores in a separate filing to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.
Here’s what we know about the closures…