LW Stores

LW Stores, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedOctober 1986; 38 years ago (1986-10) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
DefunctFebruary 2014 (2014-02)
FateDefunct
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Canada
US (1990s-2010)
ProductsFurniture, food, luggage, clothing, housewares, sporting goods, hardware, and Health & Beauty
ParentBig Lots (2010–2014)
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LW Stores, Inc. was a retailer which liquidated consumer merchandise through 94 outlets across Canada and three in the United States. It also provided store-closure sales management and solved asset recovery problems in a professional manner for the financial services industry, insurance companies, manufacturers, and other organizations. LW Stores, Inc. was known as Liquidation World, Inc. until 2010. The chain operated stores in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. It was a subsidiary of Big Lots from 2011 until LW Stores closed in 2014.