harrisburg, pa-based ollie’s bargain outlet is one of america’s largest retailers of closeouts, excess inventory and salvage merchandise. ollie’s buyers scour the world looking for bargains; so you’ll find lots of famous brand name goods in our nearly 200 "semi-lovely" stores. not only do we value our customers but we value our associates too. we realize people are the keys to our success. we are people focused and prove that by our 75% target internal rate of promotion. we invest in our associates for the growth of their future and ours. ollie’s does this through our oli (ollie’s leadership institute) program to verify we are training and developing all associates enrolled. ollie’s seeks and encourages an entrepreneurial spirit. having a non-planogram environment, we allow creativity throughout our stores. the first ollie’s bargain outlet store was created in mechanicsburg, pa in 1982. since then we have grown into the largest deep discount retailer in the mid-atlantic region. we