Bed Bath & Beyond

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: BBBY NASDAQ-100 Component S&P 500 Component
Industry	Retail
Founded	1971
Founder(s)	Warren Eisenberg Leonard Feinstein
Headquarters	Union, New Jersey, U.S.
Number of locations	Bed Bath & Beyond: 984 Christmas Tree Shops: 66 Harmon: 45 (May 2011)^[1]
Key people	Warren Eisenberg (Co-Chairman) Leonard Feinstein (Co-Chairman) Steve Temares(CEO) Arthur Stark (President)
Products	Home furnishings
Revenue	US$ 7.829 billion (FY 2010)^[2]
Operating income	US$ 980.7 million (FY 2010)^[2]
Net income	US$ 600.0 million (FY 2010)^[2]
Total assets	US$ 5.152 billion (FY 2010)^[2]
Total equity	US$ 3.653 billion (FY 2010)^[2]
Employees	39,000 (February 2010)^[2]
Website	bedbathandbeyond.com

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY) is a chain of domestic merchandise retail stores across United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.^[3] Formed in 1971, they primarily sell mid-ranged domestic merchandise, with a limited selection of high quality goods; and as the name suggests, these goods are generally for the bedroom and bathroom, as well as kitchen and dining room. The company is included in the S&P 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index. It is also counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.

The company's corporate headquarters is located at 650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083.

Since the liquidation of Linens 'n Things, Bed, Bath & Beyond has few major retail competitors except Wal-Mart, Target and some mid-sized players like Pier 1 Imports. Companies like Crate and Barrel and the numerous Williams Sonoma companies (e.g. Pottery Barn and West Elm) are also competitors but specialize in more upscale merchandise than Bed Bath and Beyond does.