Article: Big Lots Reports Third Quarter Comparable Store Sales Decrease of 0.2%.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. today reported third quarter retail sales for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2009 increased 0.9% to $1,015.6 million, compared to $1,006.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2008. Comparable store sales for stores open at least two years at the beginning of the fiscal year decreased 0.2% for the third quarter of fiscal 2009. This result is consistent with the better end of the range of our previously communicated guidance issued on August 25, 2009 which called for comparable store sales for the third quarter in the range of flat to a 2% decrease.

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