| Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a chain of retail stores. It sells a range of domestic merchandise, such as bed linens and related items, bath items, and kitchen textiles; and home furnishings, including kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletop, basic housewares, and general home furnishings. The company also offers food, giftware, health, and beauty care items, as well as infant and toddler merchandise comprising furniture, car seats, strollers, feeding, bedding, bath, health and safety essentials, toys, learning and development products, clothing, and a selection of seasonal and holiday products. It operates stores under the names of the Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB), Christmas Tree Shops (CTS), Harmon and Harmon Face Values (Harmon), and buybuy BABY. As of February 28, 2009, the company operated 1,037 stores, including 930 BBB stores, 52 CTS stores, 40 Harmon stores, and 15 buybuy BABY stores in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. was founded in 1971 and is based in Union, New Jersey. |