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Retailers Use Discounts, Promotions Like Lures On A Bass Pond

Marketplace, on National Public Radio (NPR), reports that “retailers have increasingly been using discounts and promotions like this to encourage shoppers to keep spending, pointed out Sonia Lapinsky, a retail analyst with AlixPartners … Retailers who cater to middle- and low-income shoppers are especially leaning on discounts since inflation is hitting those consumers hardest, Lapinsky […]
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  1. Channel: Specialty & Other

Target, Amazon top consumer destinations after Bed Bath & Beyond closing

Those who once loved browsing and buying at Bed Bath & Beyond and the retailer’s buybuy Baby locations will likely head to Target and Amazon, according to a Numerator report. The research firm undertook a survey to see where consumers would turn to when buying baby and home items now that Bed Bath & Beyond is closing, […]
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  1. Channel: Mass

Destination Maternity Rolls Out New Collection Exclusively at Walmart

Destination Maternity has released its 2023 spring/summer collection exclusively at select Walmart stores and on Walmart.com. The brand is likely seeking to gain market share after the demise of BuyBuy Baby parent company Bed Bath & Beyond, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and began a wind-down of its operations in April. The new […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Meet the TRI Q&A: Nick Harbaugh

Get to know RETHINK Retail’s Top Retail Influencers through the “Meet the TRI” Q&A series! Dive in to learn about a member of the thought leader community and follow their work and insights across our content and their social channels. Hi, I’m Nick Harbaugh, VP The Americas at Flexecution, Inc. Connect with me on LinkedIn! […]
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  1. Channel: Specialty & Other

A new chain in Canada arises in former Bed Bath & Beyond locations

A new retailer – rooms + spaces – is looking to succeed in Canada where Bed Bath & Beyond failed. The concept, the brainchild of serial entrepreneur Doug Putman, plans to open a concept that is an improved version of the store it replaces. “We want to take what was good about Bed Bath but […]
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Bed Bath & Beyond files price gouging complaint against ocean carrier

Bankrupt Bed Bath & Beyond has filed a complaint with U.S. maritime regulators alleging that Orient Overseas Container Line engaged in “brazen price gouging and profiteering” to the tune of $31.7 million in extra freight charges. The company seeks to recoup the costs as it goes through its bankruptcy proceedings.
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What Retailers Can Learn From Bed Bath & Beyond’s Cautionary Tale

Bed Bath & Beyond was doing roughly 15 percent of its sales online in 2019 before the pandemic initiated an online shopping boom. As of last summer, 25 percent to 30 percent of the retailer’s revenue came from e-commerce. And yet, Bed Bath & Beyond just declared bankruptcy. As with many retail stories, the proverbial devil […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Retailers Seek to Capitalize on Bed Bath & Beyond’s Bankruptcy

Shortly after Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy protection and informed customers it would stop accepting the store’s iconic blue coupons as part of the wind down process, several competitors jumped in and began accepting them. The Container Store, for example, said last week that it will accept “a competitor’s blue coupon” at any of its 97 U.S. stores now […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

The Opportunity Of Disruptive Innovation

Bed Bath & Beyond didn’t respond well to e-commerce taking much of its business. The retailer shifted its assortment a bit, tried to hone its promotional pricing, and targeted its marketing. But it just couldn’t compete with the assortment found online, nor the convenience of e-commerce, nor with many of the low prices. It never […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Where will Bed Bath & Beyond shoppers shop?

CHICAGO – A “quick pulse survey” from Numerator provides some hints at where Bed Bath & Beyond customers will shop for home goods and personal care items after the retailer shuts all of its 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 Buy Buy Baby locations by the end of June. The market-research firm said it […]
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  1. Channel: Specialty & Other

Bed Bath & Beyond, Face to Face With The Reason For Its Demise

A story in the New York Times illustrates, perhaps inadvertently, exactly why Bed Bath & Beyond this week had to declare bankruptcy and announce that it would be closing all its stores. “Customers – both loyal and lapsed – received an email from the home-goods retailer around 8 a.m. telling them that the company had […]
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  1. Channel: Specialty & Other

Bed Bath & Beyond will no longer honor coupons starting tomorrow

Bed Bath & Beyond has been known for decades for its blue percentage-off coupons. The retailer will no longer accept those as of tomorrow. Bed Bath & Beyond, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, is seeking a buyer for all or part of its business.
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Could Amazon Buy Divested Kroger, Albertsons Stores?

Business Insider reports that in a note published this week by analysts at Bernstein, “the firm suggested Amazon could buy some or all of the divested stores from the planned Kroger and Albertsons merger. The combined companies are expected to divest at least 500 stores.” The story notes that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has conceded […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

Bed Bath & Beyond Files for Chapter 11, Closing Stores

Bed Bath & Beyond announced yesterday that it has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 to close its business and seek a sale of its assets. The home goods retailer has received a commitment of approximately $240 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Sixth Street Specialty Lending to facilitate the store closing process, pending court approval. Bed […]
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  1. Corporate Finance

Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection

UNION, N.J. — Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said Sunday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and plans to “implement an orderly wind down of its businesses while conducting a limited marketing process to solicit interest in one or more sales of some or all of its assets.” To facilitate this process, […]
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