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Bed Bath & Beyond’s Etlin: Lessons for CFOs staring down bankruptcy

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With the messy task of closing hundreds of Bed Bath & Beyond stores poised to be completed this month, the home-goods retailer’s Holly Etlin reflects on her role as a kind of “uber CFO.”

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