shares of big lots inc big fell more than 7 in the extended session monday after the retailer said it has been seeing softening of traffic and sales trends in january caused by the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in addition to winter weather the company said that could lead to flat to a belowexpectations comparablesales increase for fiscal january and result in pershare earnings for the quarter between 180 and 195 analyst consensus was of eps of 217 according to factset our outstanding team has worked tirelessly to offset headwinds from the global supply chain chief executive bruce thorn said in a statement while the omicron variant creates some nearterm challenges we look forward to rounding out another very successful year for the company shares of big lots ended the regular trading day down 67