Nearly 50 additional Big Lots stores are set to close as the company navigates through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filings. The Ohio-based company announced earlier this month that it planned to sell assets and business operations to a private equity firm amid the bankruptcy filing.

For bargain hunters, Big Lots has long been a haven for furniture, home goods, and seasonal finds at rock-bottom prices. But in a cruel twist of fate, the discount retailer itself couldn’t withstand the rising tide of inflation.

Big Lots is closing more stores than it initially announced. The Columbus-based retailer, which is in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, now is closing at least 344 stores nationwide.

Big Lots is planning to close stores as it goes through Chapter 11 bankruptcy. A store in Maryland left BI confused about the retailer's purpose.

Closing more locations will allow the company to have a “more focused footprint” and conduct business efficiently, said President and CEO Bruce Thorn.

Big Lots is closing more stores than it initially announced — and some Dallas-Fort Worth locations are now included. The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer, which is in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, now is closing at least 344 stores nationwide.

Closing more locations will allow the company to have a “more focused footprint” and conduct business efficiently, said President and CEO Bruce Thorn.

Big Lots announced an addition wave of store closures amid the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings and sale to Nexus Capital Management.

Two Big Lots locations in northern Nevada are shuttered as the discounter retail closes more than 300 stores nationwide.The locations in Lemmon Valley and on S