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And rather abruptly, too. I made a number of purchases in the JC store over the last few years.

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We have shopped there. Mrs DF has a nose for bargains. So the name appeals to her. Prices aren’t bad. I bought 10 big storage bins with lids for 7.00 each. That’s the best I’ve done.

Almost all my shopping is done at places with bargain, wholesale, discount, outlet, for less and so on in their names.

Big Lots! stores are closing also.

Gen Z shops on their phone, and that’s it. Everything is being modeled after going after their money. Stores, where you have to drive there, spend time browsing? That would take time away from their social media postings, and watching Tik Thot videos.

Kinda surprised, they made a serious effort to clean up the stores here, and relocated a few. We bought some umbrellas and patio furniture from them,

I used to shop Big Lots when they were new but over time they started charging retail prices for clearance merchandise. The last few times I have been there, if they had something I might have been interested in, the price was high enough that I just went somewhere else and bought exactly what I wanted for not too much more money.

Big Lots! never did much for me either.

Overall, Big Lots wasn't my "go to" store.

However, I got a few pieces of Ashley furniture and a nice rug at Big Lots a couple of years ago for a good price. BL would let you stack coupons, so I got a good deal. My wife liked to buy soap there; they had a multi-pack of her brand cheaper than at other stores.

BL also had Veteran's Discount, even on sale items, which some other stores won't honor.

Poor management will run any company (and country) into the ground.

I rarely went to Big Lots, but all of these closings are depressing. It won’t be long until wal mart is the only brick and mortar left.

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Gen Z shops on their phone, and that’s it. Everything is being modeled after going after their money. Stores, where you have to drive there, spend time browsing? That would take time away from their social media postings, and watching Tik Thot videos.

True my GenZ daughter buys online all the time, but in her defense, with two kids, working, life is busy and dragging two little ones around to different stores as we all remember can be a PIA.

A lot of Boomers buy online, my dad who can't drive anymore but can uber does 90% of his shopping online with Kroger and Bezo'sWorld.com

Based on the deliveries in his retirement community, quite a few boomers do this, for obvious reasons.

I do it myself, not because of any nefarious reasons other than not having to go out and search for some product, I can go online, google it, buy it and have it in the house in 24 hours.

Just saying it's not all GenZ

It’s kind of a feedback loop. You go to the stores you’ve always gone to, but their stock isn’t what it used to be. After failing at a few local stores, you look online. When more and more people shop online fewer and fewer local stores can afford to carry stock. I’m not sure how we get out of it, or if we do.

$4 in fuel to go to WalMart and back or click a few buttons and stuff shows up at my door the next day for free with no door dings?

We've had a new bargain outlet show up in Louisville/s Indiana, Ben's Bargain Outlet, and they are a true salvage/overstock store. At least 40% off retail and they don't inflate original price. They are running retail out of closed Big Lots and other closed retail stores, cheap rent, run down old stores that are kept clean.

HUDSON BROS' SALVAGE LLC
Hudson Bros' Salvage, LLC is a Christian based organization that does not order any merchandise directly from manufacturers. Rather, we have a purchasing method that focuses on buying goods from the insurance industry that are damaged due to fire, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and other acts of nature.

https://www.bensbargaincenter.com/sell-to-us

I'm a fan of Home Goods.
While I know they're connected with TJMaxx/Marshalls/Siera Trading Post, there's usually a gem or, two I can discover there.

I have a Big Lots near me that I shopped once in a while but I didn't notice any appreciable discounts compared to other places so I seldom went in there to buy anything. If you call yourself a discount store and your prices are comparable to other non-discount stores it's not a recipe for success. Sadly the store is now closed.

My daughter used to like going to Big Lots to look at the furniture. We bought a few pieces of furniture from them over the years.

Sad to see them close.

Went to one near me in the early 2000's and found some Wiha screwdrivers. Bought a couple at a very good price. Went back about 10 yrs ago and did not find anything worthwhile.

Some people like stores like Big Lots because every time you go it's full of different things.
So you go to see what's new, what they might have.

Which also means that most likely, you really don't need whatever it is.

If prices are up, money is tight, that kind of spending starts to go away.

Looking for Q-Tip's with long wood sticks and found them at Big Lots in the cosmetic section. 100 count for $2 -- put them in a Dollar and a Quarter Tree pencil box for gun cleaning -- cheap enough. Got four packages.