Case Study: Big Lots achieves faster inventory turns and store-level allocation with Logility Allocation

Big Lots - Customer Case Study

Big Lots, a non‑traditional discount retailer with roughly 1,460 stores and $5.3 billion in sales, needed a better way to allocate inventory by location to accelerate inventory turns, match local customer preferences and manage thousands of active SKUs across a complex assortment of replenishable and one‑time merchandise.

By implementing the Logility Digital Supply Chain Platform (Logility Allocation), Big Lots gained granular, store‑level data and the ability to process large nightly volumes of store/SKU transactions. The solution delivered rapid improvements in inventory turnover, enabled lost‑sales analysis and advanced KPIs, and aligned inventory investments to demand at very low levels of granularity—by store, merchandise and product—improving planning and responsiveness to customer behavior.

Big Lots

Lisa Bachmann

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer