from 2011 2014 . only logo under the lw stores branding . former type subsidiary traded as liquidation world fate shut down due to poor sales founded october 1986 1986 10 in calgary alberta canada defunct february 2014 2014 02 headquarters brantford ontario canada area served canada products furniture food luggage clothing housewares sporting goods hardware and health & beauty parent big lots website www.lwstores.com lw stores inc. was a retailer that liquidated consumer merchandise through 94 outlets across canada and three in the united states . the retailer 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 had 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 its closing in 2014 . history edit logo used when the company was known as liquidation world lw stores was founded as liquidation world in 1986 with the opening of its first store at 3900 29 st ne in northeast calgary alberta canada . the chain had grown to be the largest liquidator in canada with more than 1 200 employees in outlets and offices across canada . the company began operating stores in the united states in the early 1990s . most u.s. stores were opened in sold to bankrupt retailers most notably ernst home centers in which several former ernst stores were acquired by the chain in the late 1990s . by 2007 the company had shuttered all but three of its u.s. stores due to declining sales . the final american store located in spokane washington was closed in april 2010 after fifteen years in business . 1 in december 2013 big lots announced it was closing all lw and big lots stores in canada to focus on its american division . 2 by february 2014 all canadian big lots and lw stores were closed . see also edit list of canadian department stores references edit sowa tom february 10 2010 . in brief liquidation world closing its doors . the spokesman review . cowles publishing company . retrieved 2012 01 17 . heels courtney 9 december 2013 . big lots liquidation world to close canadian retail operations including stores in orillia barrie . ctv news barrie . retrieved 20 january 2015 . this article about a canadian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lw stores & oldid 643307613 categories furniture retailers of canadadiscount stores of canadacompanies based in ontariobrantforddefunct retail companies of canadaretail companies established in 1986companies disestablished in 20141986 establishments in ontario2014 disestablishments in ontariodefunct retail companies of the united statescanadian company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 january 2015 at 02 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view