Big Lots Stores Closing….

The discount retailer that plans to take over and operate hundreds of Big Lots stores is closer to deciding which locations it will save.

Some 200 Big Lots leases have been designated to be transferred to Variety Wholesalers, the North Carolina-based owner of Roses and other discount chains, new court documents show.

In a bankruptcy filing this week, Big Lots said it will transfer the locations as part of its agreement with Gordon Brothers, the restructuring and investment firm that took control of the embattled retailer earlier this year.

The list includes Big Lots locations across more than a dozen states, mostly in the South and Midwest regions.

Stores closest to our area that will be spared include…

Big Lots @ 1301 S JAMES CAMPBELL BLVD COLUMBIA, 1806 N JACKSON ST TULLAHOMA, and 603 US HWY 72 W ATHENS, ALABAMA.