BIGLOTS MEETS BIG DEMAND.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer CANYON COUNTRY - A new BigLots store is opening today in Canyon Country and will offer residents everything from discounted shampoo shampoo a cleaning agent, usually liquid, for hair; usually consists of a detergent and perfume. Some, usually referred to as medicated shampoos, contain therapeutic substances such as parasiticides, antimicrobials, ketatolytic agents, and antiseborrheic compounds such as selenium to marked down clothes and furniture - and the chance to shop closer to home. ``There's a lot of excitement,'' said store manager Chuck Sears. ``We've had to bar the doors to keep people out.'' For years, Canyon Country residents complained bitterly about having to fight cross valley traffic on Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. Road to get to Target in Valencia or the Wal-Mart in Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. to buy everyday necessities. ``There aren't a lot discount options in this part of town,'' Sears said. ``We're happy to fill that need.'' City officials are also hopeful that the new BigLots store - which replaced the Howes Supermarket that closed about six months ago - will help boost Santa Clarita's sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. revenues by keeping Canyon Country residents from leaving the city to shop. The store is on Soledad at Whites Canyon Road. The 42,000-square-foot store will be about twice the size of most BigLots, because of the pent-up demand in Canyon Country, Sears said. ``With all the new growth, there are new homes that need furnishing and new babies that need toys,'' Sears said. ``We're looking forward to saving everyone money.'' Chain giant BigLots Inc. is enjoying a resurgence re·sur·gence n. 1. A continuing after interruption; a renewal. 2. A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor; a revival. , thanks to its purchase of closeout closeout, closure the finalization of a feeding program in a feedlot. The cattle are sold and a balance sheet is struck which includes the costs of feeding and housing or confining them. specialist Pic 'N' Save Pic 'N' Save was, at one time, the second-largest closeout retail chain in the United States. Financial troubles caused the chain to close many of the markets in the late-1990s and early-2000s. - and newly remodeled, better organized stores - and the current demand from consumers for bargains on everything from soap to home appliances. Sales in California's 435 stores were up 3.8 percent in October, and the company's stock price has improved considerably from last year. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) BigLots assistant manager Alice Brassil goes over last-minute details on Friday as the store prepared for today's opening. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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