BLI Big Lots

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE:BLI) announced today that it is participating in the Piper Jaffray Consumer Conference being held June 6-7, 2006 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City, New York. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011026/BIGLOTSLOGO ) Steven S. Fishman, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President is scheduled to give a presentation on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 which will be broadcast live beginning at approximately 10:00 a.m. eastern time. This live webcast will be available at http://www.biglots.com/ in the Investor Relations section of the website. If you are unable to join the live webcast, an archive of the presentation will be available at http://www.biglots.com/ and will remain available through midnight on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Big Lots is the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer. The Company currently operates 1,402 BIG LOTS stores in 47 states. Wholesale operations are conducted through BIG LOTS WHOLESALE, CONSOLIDATED INTERNATIONAL, WISCONSIN TOY and with online sales at http://www.biglotswholesale.com/. 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/ http://www.biglotswholesale.com/

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