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, general home furnishings, consumables, and certain juvenile products. The company also offers giftware and household items, and health and beauty care items; and infant and toddler merchandise. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. operates stores under the names of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB), Christmas Tree Shops or andThat! (CTS), Harmon or Harmon Face Values (Harmon), buybuy BABY, and World Market or Cost Plus World Market (World Market). In addition, it distributes textile products, amenities, and other goods to institutional customers in hospitality, cruise line, food service, healthcare, and other industries. As of March 2, 2013, the company had 1,471 stores, including 1,004 BBB stores; 74 CTS stores; 47 Harmon stores; 82 buybuy BABY stores; and 264 World Market stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Union, New Jersey.

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