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Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenues exceeding $4 billion. Our stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BLI. We currently operate over 1,300 stores in 47 states. In addition, over 800 of our stores have furniture departments. We also operate a Wholesale Division and an online business-to-business wholesale Web site. In 2001, we changed our array of store names and company name (formerly Consolidated Stores Corporation) to one national brand: Big Lots. This single national identity helps our customers associate one name with the great, dependable bargains they've come to expect from our stores. With our rebranding, we also made many improvements in the Big Lots shopping experience. These include updated, attractive stores with wide aisles, improved lighting, quick checkout, and even better service. Our stores are located across the country in cities large and small and in all kinds of neighborhoods. They range in size from 20,000 to 60,000 square feet, with annual per-store sales averaging $3.8 million. We're putting our experience and buying power to work to capture the growing base of cost-conscious consumers. Together with our partners, we have but one goal: To be the World's Best Bargain Place. |