Big Lots, Inc. to Present at the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) announced today that it is participating in the Piper Jaffray 2009 Consumer Conference being held at The Westin New York at Times Square in New York City.

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Steve Fishman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to give a presentation on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 which will be broadcast live beginning at approximately 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.  This live audio webcast will be available through http://www.biglots.com/ in the Investors section of the website.

If you are unable to join the live webcast, an archive of the presentation will be available through http://www.biglots.com/ and will remain available through midnight Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Big Lots is the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer.  The Company currently operates 1,347 BIG LOTS stores in 47 states and also sells merchandise via the internet at http://www.biglots.com/.  Wholesale operations are conducted through BIG LOTS WHOLESALE, CONSOLIDATED INTERNATIONAL and WISCONSIN TOY.  The Company's website is located at http://www.biglots.com/. 

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DATASOURCE: Big Lots, Inc.



CONTACT:  Timothy A. Johnson, Vice President, Strategic Planning and

Investor Relations, Big Lots, Inc., [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.biglots.com/ 

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