Stockton Big Lots among stores closing as retailer files for bankruptcy, gets new owner

Big Lots is offering up to 30% off on select merchandise at its only Stockton location, 2720 Country Club Blvd., as the store prepares to close its doors for good.

The Ohio-based company is closing 75 of its 109 locations in California , as well as other locations across the nation, by the end of 2024.

Retail closure: Stockton’s last Big Lots location prepares to close for good

Other Big Lots locations closing in San Joaquin County in 2024 include 1321 W. Yosemite Ave. in Manteca and 2681 N. Tracy Blvd. in Tracy.

Ohio-based discount retailer Big Lots has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close more stores under new leadership, the company announced Monday.

Big Lots closing list?

The retailer said in July it planned to close 35 to 40 stores in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, then the number rose to 315 in another filing in August.

The closures are part of a sale agreement with an affiliate of Nexus Capital Management LP, Big Lots announced in a news release Monday . The company has initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware as well.

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