Big Lots reaffirms home lines trade-up
By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 3/21/2007 12:56:00 PM
Columbus,Ohio– Speaking today at the Merrill Lynch 30th Annual Retailing Leaders Conference, Big Lots chairman and ceo Steve Fishman emphasized that the $4.7 billion closeout retailer is shifting toward better home textiles offerings.
“We want 400-count sheets at $30 instead of 200-count sheets at $20. We want great comforters in $40 sets – we don’t need $9.99 or $19.99 comforter sets,” Fishman said.
The home division – which includes domestics, home décor, tabletop, food prep, and a strong and growing furniture business – accounts for about 30% of sales at the chain, said Fishman, who earlier this month said company research indicated that consumers are ready for the chain to offer a better level of home goods.
Soft home makes up roughly one third of that volume, according toHome Textiles Today research, which pegged Big Lots' home textiles sales volume at $402.0 million for 2005.
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