ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Ollie’s Bargain Outlet is known ... “I’ve shopped at Ollies’ stores before at different locations, and when I heard they were opening one here, I got really excited.

The decision ends local control of a business that started in the Albany area in 1973 with a single record store and grew into a chain with more than $1 billion in sales — until the internet ...