India, April 11 -- Big Lots, after a series of bankruptcies and acquisition deals, will be coming back with a fresh new design this week in the U.S. Slated to open 219 remodeled stores this year by June, the discount store will reopen 9 of them this week itself. Those set to open are:

- Mount Sterling, Kentucky: 1342 Indian Mound Drive

- Metairie, Louisiana: 755 Veterans Memorial Boulevard

- Pearl, Mississippi: 5778 Highway 80 East

- Tupelo, Mississippi: 2605 West Main Street

- Asheboro, North Carolina: 1432 East Dixie Drive

- Clarksville, Tennessee: 1041 S Riverside Drive

- Dickson, Tennessee: 220 Dickson Plaza Drive

- Gallatin, Tennessee: 744 Nashville Pike

- Roanoke, Virginia: 2911 Hershberger Road NW

The second wave of store...