The North Carolina-based company Variety Wholesalers will acquire 118 Big Lots leases. Ben Morse The Sun News A North ... The service journalism teams at The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer ...

The Big Lots on Dixie Drive is scheduled to be one of the first of the chain's stores to reopen under the company's new ownership.

More than 20 Big Lot stores in North Carolina are being saved thanks to the homegrown company behind the Roses discount chain. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Variety Wholesalers will take over 118 Big Lots ...

Big Lots filed for bankruptcy last year and 460-plus locations have been up for sale since January. Several in NY have been acquired by discount retailers.

Landlord says he inked a lease today that will keep Greensboro's lone Big Lots store open in the years ... housing crisis obviously down there.” NC store among retailer’s closures ...

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In the face of bankruptcy, beleaguered Big Lots has shuttered all their stores across the country. But what's Big Lots' loss is Ocean State Job Lot's gain. The deep discount retailer is set to ...

Western North Carolina food banks ... Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC faces a $2 million funding gap, spokeswoman Jenny Moore told The Charlotte Observer. The LFPA funding provided ...