Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. operates as a nationwide chain of retail stores, operating under the names Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB), Christmas Tree Shops (CTS), Harmon and buybuy BABY in the United States.
In March 2007, the company acquired buybuy BABY, a privately held retailer of infant and toddler merchandise, which is based in Garden City, New York, and operates a total of 8 stores in Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
Stores
As of March 3, 2007, the company operated 888 stores located in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, including: 815 BBB stores operating in 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; 34 CTS stores operating in 8 states; and 39 Harmon stores operating in 3 states.
Merchandise
The company sells an assortment of merchandise, including domestics merchandise and home furnishings and food, giftware, health and beauty care items and infant and toddler merchandise.
The company’s domestics merchandise includes categories, such as bed linens and related items, bath items and kitchen textiles. Home furnishings includes categories, such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares and general home furnishings.
The buybuy BABY stores offers an assortment of premier infant and toddler merchandise in categories, including furniture, car seats, strollers, feeding, bedding, bath, health and essentials, toys, learning and development products, clothing and a selection of seasonal and holiday products.
History
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. was founded by Leonard Feinstein and Warren Eisenberg in 1971.
