COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) announced today that it is participating in the Piper Jaffray Consumer / Industrial Growth Conference being held at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011026/BIGLOTSLOGO ) Steve Fishman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to give a presentation on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 which will be broadcast live beginning at approximately 8:30 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 on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Big Lots is the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer. The Company currently operates 1,353 BIG LOTS stores in 47 states. Wholesale operations are conducted through BIG LOTS WHOLESALE, CONSOLIDATED INTERNATIONAL and WISCONSIN TOY. The Company's website is located at http://www.biglots.com/ . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011026/BIGLOTSLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Big Lots, Inc. CONTACT: Timothy A. Johnson, Vice President, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations of Big Lots, Inc., +1-614-278-6622 Web site: http://www.biglots.com/

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