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Buyer could acquire Big Lots in $760M deal; set to close 4 area stores

Big Lots retail store exterior. Big Lots sells food, housewares and small electronics overstocked merchandise.

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The owner of Toms shoes and Dollar Shave Club intends to buy Big Lots, which is set to close four Central Florida stores.

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The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer announced Sept. 9 it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and it has an agreement in place to be acquired by an affiliate of Nexus Capital Management LP for $760 million, which consists of $2.5 million in cash plus the payoff of debts and the assumption of liabilities.

That Santa Monica, California-based investment firm has a broad portfolio including consumer, industrial and educational industries.

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