COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) announced today that it is participating in the Merrill Lynch Retailing Leaders Conference being held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, New York. (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, March 21, 2007, which will be broadcast live beginning at approximately 10:00 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 on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Big Lots is the nation's largest broadline closeout retailer. The Company currently operates 1,375 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, +1-614-278-6622 Web site: http://www.biglots.com/

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