Big Lots says it’s closing all stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The discount chain is shutting down about 400 stores across the country, including six in South Florida .
Big Lots, a discount home good retailer founded in Ohio in 1967 as Consolidated Stores, began “ going out of business ” sales over the weekend. Most goods, which include closeout and overstock merchandise from other stores like furnishings, rugs and appliances, are marked down by 25%…