“Big Lots, Inc. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, it has more than 1,400 stores in 47 states. The “Great Chain” dates back to 1967, when the Consolidated Stores Corporation was founded in Sol Ohio by Sol Jenk. In 1982, Consolidated Stores Corp. He opened his first Odd Lots store in Columbus, Ohio. In 1983, the Revco Pharmacy Chain was run by Odd Lot Trading Co., a nearby New Jersey dealer. bought. As Consolidated's Odd Lots stores began to expand from Columbus, Revco had a problem with another nearby vendor running a chain of national interests with the same name as Revco's subsidiary. Consolidated Stores Corp. has agreed to limit Odd Lots to stores located within a certain radius of Columbus. Beyond the radius, Consolidated began opening stores under the name “Biggest”. As a result, all Odd Lots stores were renamed Big Lots. Consolidated Stores Corp. in 1985 He started trading as a private public company on an American Exchange. In 1986, Consolidated Stores Corp. Trading under the CNS logo, he moved to New York City Stock Exchange, where the Big Lots operated a wholesale department. Big Lots closed its wholesale sales division at the end of fiscal 2013. The Columbus-based retailer has been doing wholesale operations for Big Lotsale, Consolidated International and Wisconsin Wedding for more than 34 years.