After announcing a return, Big Lots is now set to open a second round of stores across the U.S. The dozens of openings will come after the company filed for bankruptcy and closed some locations in 2024.

Another wave of shuttered Big Lots stores are reopening under new management after a months-long bankruptcy process, including more than a dozen Ohio locations. Variety Wholesalers, the North Carolina company that acquired 220 Big Lots shops as part of Gordon Brothers Retail Partners’ acquisition of the chain,