Big Lots will be back, as discount retail group Variety Wholesalers stays true to its promise to reopen stores fast following the company’s bankruptcy.

At the time, Big Lots had 901 stores throughout the country, but about 550 leases were put up for sale. These locations quickly began going out of business sales. The 219 stores n

A North Carolina wholesaler plans to reopen nine stores shuttered as part of Big Lots' bankruptcy filing beginning Thursday. The move is the first of three waves of reopenings that will involve more than 200 locations in more than a dozen states.