Bed Bath & Beyond closing 150 stores, restructuring brands sold by the company

UNION, N.J., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. today announced a strategic and business update focused on changes intended to meet the demand of its customers, drive growth and profitability, and improve its balance sheet and cash flows.

Sue Gove, Director & Interim Chief Executive Officer commented, “We are embracing a straight-forward, back-to-basics philosophy that focuses on better serving our customers, driving growth, and delivering business returns. In a short period of time, we have made significant changes and instituted enablers across our entire enterprise to regain our dominance as a preferred shopping destination for our customers’ favorite brands and exciting products. We command a special presence in the Home and Baby markets, and we intend to fulfill our opportunity to be the category retailer of choice.”

Ms. Gove continued, “We are working swiftly and diligently to strengthen our liquidity and secure our path for the future. We have taken a thorough look at our business, and today, we are announcing immediate actions aimed to increase customer engagement, drive traffic, and recapture market share. This includes changing our merchandising and inventory strategy, which will be rooted in National Brands. Additionally, we are focused on driving digital and foot traffic, as well as optimizing our store fleet. We believe these changes will have a widespread positive impact across customer experience, inventory assortment, supply chain execution and cost structure. The customer underpins our decisions, and we are committed to delivering what they want while driving growth, profitability, and financial returns.”

The Company announced it has secured financing commitments for more than $500 million of new financing. The Company has also reduced its plan for capital spending.

BBB has identified and begun the closure of approximately 150 lower-producing Bed Bath & Beyond banner stores.

Bed Bath & Beyond is bringing back popular national brands and introducing new, emerging direct-to-consumer brands, however, they are also exiting a third of its Owned Brands by discontinuing three of its nine labels (Haven™, Wild Sage™ and Studio 3B™). The breadth and depth of inventory across the Company’s six remaining Owned Brands (Simply Essential™, Nestwell™, Our Table™, Squared Away™, H for Happy™ and Everhome™) will be substantially reduced.