Variety Wholesalers, the retail company that has taken control of hundreds of Big Lots stores, announced that they will have four "soft openings" for stores

According to Fast Company, a series of “soft openings” of newly-cleaned, remodeled, and re-merchandised Big Lots will begin in April and continue through June. This news comes after the discount retailer confirmed it would be closing many of its locations, including dozens of stores in Pennsylvania.

A popular discount retailer that recently announced it was shuttering locations around the country will see at least three of its Tennessee locations reopen in the near future. Nine Big Lots locations across six states will reopen next month as part of a "first wave" of "soft openings" after Variety Wholesalers took control of hundreds of the retailer's stores after Big Lots filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year,

Big Lots CEO Bruce Thorn previously explained the company's "difficult" decision to close hundreds of its stores around the country while still expressing hope that closures could