Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the general location of the Big Lots store. It is located near Santa Fe Street and Interstate 35.
An Ohio-based retailer has closed one of its only two Johnson County locations.
As part of bankruptcy-related closures throughout the country, discount retailer Big Lots is in the process of closing its Olathe location.
Big Lots operates at 140 S. Clairborne Road
- The store has operated for roughly 15 years at the Town Square shopping center, just off Santa Fe Street and Interstate 35.
- Big Lots is known for its wide range of discounted products, from home decor and furniture to snacks and electronics.
- The Olathe store’s last day will be Nov. 24, according to employees at the store.
Big Lots is closing hundreds of stores nationwide
- The Ohio-based retailer recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing several economic factors for its recent struggle.
- CNN reported this month that the company is in the process of closing roughly 300 stores across the country.
- Private equity firm Nexus Capital Management reportedly plans to acquire the remaining Big Lots stores.
Big Lots still has one more Johnson County store
- Big Lots also operates a store at 7408 Nieman Road in Shawnee.
- As of now, employees at the Olathe store said the Shawnee location will remain open.
- The retailer is also in the process of closing its store in Kansas City, Kansas, and one of its two stores in Kansas City, Missouri.
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