(NEXSTAR) — As part of its progress through the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, Big Lots previously slated nearly 550 stores for closure. More than two dozen, however, appear to be coming back from the brink — at least for now.
Since it began closing stores in July, Big Lots has added orange banners to the web pages of affected locations. The banners read “closing this location” and listed the potential savings customers could find at the store (“save up to 20% off,” for example).
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As of Tuesday, more than two dozen locations that had closing banners on their web pages are seemingly no longer facing that fate. Banners have since been removed from the webpages for the stores listed below and replaced with banners reading “Share your big ideas!”
California: La Canada Flintridge, Redding
Colorado: Brighton
Indiana: Franklin, Lafayette, South Bend
Kansas: Shawnee
Louisiana: Lake Charles
Maine: Brunswick
Maryland: Parkville
Massachusetts: Methuen, Lynn
Nevada: Carson City
New Hampshire: Belmont
New Jersey: Dover, Millville
Ohio: Brunswick
Oklahoma: Ada, Tulsa (Sheridan Road)
Oregon: Bend
Pennsylvania: North Versailles, Waynesburg
Tennessee: Elizabethton (Elk Ave)
Texas: Houston (Galleria)
Vermont: Essex Junction
Washington: Kennewick, Yakima
Big Lots has not responded to Nexstar’s request for comment regarding these locations.
Users on Reddit who claim to work in these no-longer-closing stores say that after employees are notified about the change, any closing-related sales end and prices return to normal.
“There’s a lot of confusion, especially in the first couple of days,” one Reddit user explained. Others reported the decision came after the store leases were renegotiated.
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Below is a state-by-state breakdown of the stores that are still slated for closure, as well as the number of stores that have already closed in each state, as of Nov. 12:
StateHow many stores have closed?Which stores are closing?Alabama5Andalusia, Homewood, Phenix CityArizona15Apache Junction, Glendale (Cactus Road), Goodyear, Lake Havasu City, Payson, Prescott, Surprise, Tucson (West Ina Road, Tanque Verde Road, Davis Monthan Air Force Base)Arkansas1Conway, Hot Springs National Park, North Little RockCalifornia62Alhambra, Arcadia, Bellflower, Ceres, Elk Grove, Escondido, Fontana, Fresno (Kings Canyon Road), Hanford, Hesperia, Inglewood, La Habra, Lake Elsinore, Lancaster, La Verne, Montebello, National City, North Highlands, Oroville, Paradise, Reedley, Riverside (Arlington), Roseville, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Sonora, South Spring Valley, Torrance, Ventura, Victorville, Yuba City, Yucaipa, Yucca ValleyColorado8Westminster, Wheat RidgeConnecticut9BristolFlorida26Delray Beach, Clearwater (Imperial Square), Jacksonville Beach, Longwood, Miami (Cutler Bay, SW 27th Avenue), Orlando (Ocoee), Saint Petersburg (58th Street and Fossil Park), Sanford, Tampa (Lake Magdalene), Vero BeachGeorgia8Augusta, Cartersville, Douglasville, Duluth, Kennesaw, Snellville, Union CityIdaho0Boise, PocatelloIllinois9Champaign, Country Club Hills, Decatur, Franklin Park, Machesney Park, Round Lake BeachIndiana5Avon, Crawfordsville, Evansville (Town Center), Indianapolis (Allisonville Road), Muncie, New Albany, New Haven, Noblesville, North IndianapolisIowa0Burlington, Des Moines, DavenportKansas2Olathe, WichitaKentucky3Hopkinsville, MadisonvilleLouisiana4Baton Rouge, Chalmette, Hammond, Marrero, ShreveportMaryland5Capitol Heights, Catonsville, Edgewood, Germantown, Hanover, WaldorfMassachusetts5DanversMichigan11Benton Harbor, Grandville, Livonia, Mount Pleasant, Saginaw, Southfield, Taylor Mississippi0HattiesburgMissouri6Blue Springs, Fenton, Hannibal, Kansas City (Oak Trafficway), Lee’s Summit, Saint PetersNebraska0Fremont, LincolnNevada0Henderson (Lake Mead Crossing and Warm Springs Promenade), Las Vegas (S. Fort Apache, Paradise, W. Sahara Ave, Southwest Las Vegas, and Summerlin), North Las Vegas, Reno (Lemmon Valley and South Reno)New Hampshire1RochesterNew Jersey1Cherry Hill, East Brunswick, Freehold, Glassboro, Jersey City, Mays Landing, North Bergen, Ocean, Phillipsburg, UnionNew Mexico0Alamogordo, Albuquerque (Coors Boulevard and Montgomery Boulevard)New York10Bayshore, Binghamton, Geneva, Hicksville, Irondequoit, Kingston, Middletown, Troy, Wappingers FallsNorth Carolina7Boone, Matthews, Raleigh (Cypress Plantation Drive)Ohio8Aurora, Blue Ash, Cincinnati (Cherry Grove and Eastgate Boulevard), Columbus (Grandview), Highland Heights, Mount Vernon, Newark, North Olmsted, Rossford, WestervilleOklahoma0Enid, Stillwater, Tulsa (Oakhurst, Southeast)Oregon5Grants Pass, Gresham, North Bend, SpringfieldPennsylvania6Aliquippa, Aston, Monroeville, Philadelphia (Somerton), WhitehallSouth Carolina3North Augusta, North CharlestonTennessee3Chattanooga (East), Covington, Memphis (Northeast and East), NashvilleTexas0East Amarillo, Austin (Wells Branch), Baytown, Beaumont, Cedar Park, College Station, Converse, Corpus Christi (Interstate Hwy 69 Access Road), Dallas (Park Forest), Denton, Fort Worth (East Freeway, Ridgemar, and Overton Ridge Boulevard), Frisco, Galveston, Garland (North and South), Groves, Houston (Highway 6, Museum District, and Northwest Houston), Katy, Kilgore, Lewisville, Mansfield, Mcallen, Nacogdoches, Paris, Pearland, Plano, Portland, Richardson, Rockwall, Round Rock, Rowlett, San Angelo, San Antonio (San Pedro Avenue and Hollywood Park), Spring (The Woodlands), Stephenville, Terrell, Texarkana, The Colony, Tomball, TylerUtah3American Fork, Kearns, West JordanVirginia7Chesapeake (Portsmouth Boulevard), Gloucester, Richmond, Sterling, WiseWashington17Marysville, Richland, Spokane Valley, Tacoma, VancouverWest Virginia0Huntington Wisconsin7Eau Claire, Janesville, Stevens PointWyoming1Cheyenne
Maine, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota and Vermont have no active pending closures but have already seen some or all of their Big Lots locations close. More than 270 Big Lots stores have already closed.
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Late last month, investment firm Nexus Capital Management, a top investor of Dollar Shave Club and Toms footwear and apparel, secured a winning $765 million bid to buy Big Lots, Nexstar’s WCMH previously reported.
Despite the pending closures and sale, Big Lots is still gearing up for the holiday season like any other retailer. The company recently announced “Black Friday Fridays,” which run through Dec. 6, and last week, it launched a new app “designed to enhance the shopping experience for its valued customers.”
