BED BATH & BEYOND

Bed Bath & Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond

Introduction

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB) operates specialty retail stores for domestic merchandise and home furnishings. The company operates only in the US. It is headquartered in Union, New Jersey and employs about 35,000 people (Duff, 2009).

The company recorded revenues of $6,617.4 million throughout the fiscal year ended February 2007, an increase of 13.9% over 2006. The operating profit of the company was $889.4 million throughout fiscal year 2007, an increase of 1.2% over 2006. The net profit was $594.2 million in fiscal year 2007, an increase of 3.7% over 2006.

Discussion

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB) operates specialty retail stores, selling a broad assortment of merchandise including domestics merchandise and home furnishings as well as food, giftware, health and beauty care items. The company has operations in 48 US states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (Duff, 2009).

The company operates stores under four emblem names: Bed Bath & Beyond stores (BBB stores), Harmon stores, Christmas Tree Shops stores (CTS stores) and buybuy BABY.

BBB stores are 'big box' format stores (floor space some times greater than traditional retailers) offering an assortment of merchandise. BBB store's domestics merchandise line encompasses items for example bed linens, bath accessories and kitchen textiles, while the home furnishings line encompasses items such as cookware, dinnerware, glassware and basic housewares. BBB operates 888 BBB stores in 48 states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico (Duff, 2009).

These stores principally range in size from 20,000 rectangle feet to 50,000 square feet, with some exceeding 80,000 square feet. BBB stores offer branded merchandise including Aero, All-Clad, American Pacific, Braun, Calphalon, Cannon, Conair, Cuisinart, Homedics, KitchenAid, Krups, Lenox, Mikasa, Nautica, Nicole Miller, Noritake, Portmeirion, Rowenta, Rubbermaid, Springs, Villeroy & Boch, Wamsutta, Wedgewood, and Yankee Candle.

Harmon is a health and beauty care retailer, which operates 39 stores in three states. CTS is a retailer of giftware and household items selling an assortment of domestics merchandise and home furnishings in categories encompassing home decor, giftware, housewares, food, paper goods, and seasonal products. The company operates 34 CTS stores in eight states(Duff, 2009).

Based in Garden City, New York, buybuy BABY operates a total of 8 stores in Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia. The stores variety in size from approximately 28,000 to 60,000 square feet and offer a broad assortment of premier infant and toddler merchandise in categories encompassing furniture, car seats, strollers, feeding, bedding, bath, ...