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Big Lots is in big trouble — and they say Bidenomics, in part, is to blame. Oh, that exact word didn’t appear anywhere in the discount retailer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Monday. However, the retailer, which operates roughly 1,400 outlets, cited high inflation and subsequent changes in consumer patterns as reasons for the filing, CNN reported. The filing will likely see a private equity firm, Nexus Capital, acquire “substantially all” of the Big Lots stores and close roughly 300 of them. However, since Nexus is a so-called “stalking horse bidder” — i.e., a low locked-in bid that acts …