Jul 30, 2025
Finally closing the doors on its last remaining outlet after getting rid of an unwieldy stockpile of variety goods, the discount retailer Big Lots ceased operations Wednesday following a therapy program in which the company’s roughly 30,000 employees confronted their self-destructive hoarding tendencies. “In retrospect, it’s almost funny that I had so many throw pillows,” said Big Lots CEO Bruce Thorn, letting out a long sigh of relief in a now-empty store that was finally free of the dusty, disorganized piles of junk he had been hanging onto “just in case.”
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