High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ocean State Job Lot, headquartered in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, is an American chain of approximately 90 discount stores operating in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont and Upstate New York. The chain takes its name from Rhode Island's nickname, "The Ocean State". The chain primarily acquires common brand-name goods whose manufacturer is willing to sell them at a loss following overstocking or discontinuation, serving as a close-out company similar to Big Lots and Christmas Tree Shops. Ocean State Job Lot also has many new items (not close-out/overstocked products) that they use to fill their shelves, that they stock on a regular basis.