Bed Bath & Beyond’s Potential Bankruptcy, Explained | WSJ

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  • @leedirtybriches
    @leedirtybriches Рік тому +72

    Executives that have never worked retail run a retail company into the ground. SHOCKING 💯

    • @muzzammilbaig8734
      @muzzammilbaig8734 Рік тому +1

      not always, bestbuy had a CEO that came a hotel backround but was still able to turn them around and make them grow again

    • @jaybird7140
      @jaybird7140 Рік тому +1

      You can’t just grow upper management like produce.
      There isnt a big enough pool of talent to draw from when you expand too quickly.

    • @joshuaramseur
      @joshuaramseur Рік тому

      The wrong type of executive leadership was/is not the reason for their downfall. There are several reasons why they need to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. From an outsider’s perspective I believe it centers around not developing a strong online shopping and shipping network that could rival (if not surpass) the big three (Amazon, Walmart, and Target) shopping and shipping networks to enhance product flow to consumers.
      And a second reason, is not leaning into the “BEYOND” part of their name. Seriously, having Beyond in their name literally opened them up to all industries.
      We are simple people, brand loyalty is how we make so many decisions. So they could have leverage their business name and branded so many different products. Or created a brand that could be used for several products like Kirkland at CostCo. From alcohol to slippers, people know it’s a Cost Co brand and it will be at a reasonable level of quality

  • @CalebKussmaul
    @CalebKussmaul Рік тому +166

    This story is missing the part about Ryan Cohen. Love that you guys did that animation of the stock chart and don't try to explain the massive spike right in the middle of it.

    • @Recovering_Californian
      @Recovering_Californian Рік тому +22

      Amazing how he sold just at the right time ...lol

    • @Keji839
      @Keji839 Рік тому +8

      I was curious as to the spike. Elaborate pls.

    • @CannabisTechLife
      @CannabisTechLife Рік тому +39

      @@Keji839 Pump and dump. RC went on a media blitz talking about how they believed in the company long term, and then dumped stock shortly after.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Рік тому +8

      The stock isn't always related to the company

    • @riadyl3311
      @riadyl3311 Рік тому +2

      @@Keji839the Cohen dude did a meme stock on BBB

  • @paxundpeace9970
    @paxundpeace9970 Рік тому +32

    If you don't pay your vendors you are doomed

    • @Yahriel
      @Yahriel Рік тому +4

      Fry's coulda told them that a few years earlier.

  • @___beyondhorizon4664
    @___beyondhorizon4664 Рік тому +47

    Reminded me of JCPenney downfall during the 2000, when the new CEO from Apple clean up the store trying to look like the sleek, minimalistic look, took away coupons etc. When BB&B asking customers to pay for membership and trying to get away from coupons, it didn't work! Why pay for membership for discount when their assortment are not discounted like Costco? It's sad that the CFO committed suicide...

    • @UltralifeTech
      @UltralifeTech Рік тому +5

      JCP also went down the woke path with Ellen

    • @VintageToiletsRock
      @VintageToiletsRock Рік тому +1

      Good old Ron Johnson. An infamous textbook example of a bad CEO.

  • @djp1234
    @djp1234 Рік тому +51

    They're getting crushed by Amazon.

    • @Cwgrlup
      @Cwgrlup Рік тому +2

      You can’t look at quality pillows or pick up a refill for your c02 on the way to work through Amazon. Online is limited and lots of their inventory is cheap, shoddy and low budget.

    • @djp1234
      @djp1234 Рік тому +6

      @@Cwgrlup I'd rather get pillows from Costco and CO2 from Walmart. I never even consider going to Bed Bath & Beyond for anything.

    • @jake78441
      @jake78441 Рік тому

      Also by target, walmart and everyone else

  • @coldfinger459sub0
    @coldfinger459sub0 Рік тому +185

    Has everybody noticed a common pattern of a failing company?. to prop up their profits, start eliminating quality products that cost a little more in favor of cheaply made, and constructed products, imitating the quality products at the same or lower price, or in some cases, even charge more for the lower quality product.
    It might be a quick boost in profits to do something temporary early but once the customers figure this out the customer base leaves and does not return .
    I, I’ve seen every large chain store, follow the same practice to their demise throughout the decades .
    End it appears nothing has changed to the state. This is just history, repeating itself with the exact same pattern.

    • @MissAynneK
      @MissAynneK Рік тому +7

      That’s capitalism for ya. Eternal profits are not sustainable, no matter how much greedy people try to fight it

    • @swordfishgameboy4644
      @swordfishgameboy4644 Рік тому +2

      lol just wait till next week or two...

    • @paxundpeace9970
      @paxundpeace9970 Рік тому +1

      Quality maters and services too therefore closing a lot of stores doesn't help much because your a loosing costumers and operational advantages.

    • @java4653
      @java4653 Рік тому

      That's what Quiznos did.

    • @anunnakimenagerie
      @anunnakimenagerie Рік тому +5

      Walmart does the same thing with a lot of products

  • @righteousone1
    @righteousone1 Рік тому +29

    BBB is just too expensive.

    • @jhwheuer
      @jhwheuer Рік тому

      Huh, Best Buy?

    • @windingstars
      @windingstars Рік тому +1

      Bingo

    • @i0x_x0i
      @i0x_x0i Рік тому

      BBB stands for big black b

    • @thepearlswirl
      @thepearlswirl Рік тому

      I realized this when I moved into my first apartment in my 20s😂

  • @studiouswadoo5027
    @studiouswadoo5027 Рік тому +18

    I can see why they died when you're growing at scale but have overpriced products when your competitors like Amazon is taking more and more of the market share % it's tough. Then you start dumping money trying to compete by sustaining growth instead of maintaining solvency, it's only down hill from there. Also hearing that their CFO committed suicide was a huge twist

  • @TeamRespawn
    @TeamRespawn Рік тому +18

    I don't understand why they're failing - they were a critical part in the success of the film "The Other Guys"

    • @jake78441
      @jake78441 Рік тому +2

      One. Not many ppl shop there 2. Amazon crushed them badly

    • @ursulasmith6402
      @ursulasmith6402 Рік тому +1

      @@jake78441 Amazon is not better either

  • @benwilliams787
    @benwilliams787 Рік тому +10

    The CEO sounds like she reading off of a sheet that she didn’t even view before the call

  • @gmanthewinner
    @gmanthewinner Рік тому +3

    Used to work there. Was happy to say I worked there when I first started back in 2012. Then it turned into "just retail" if anyone asked me what I did for a job. Leaving when I did was the best thing I ever did

  • @allocated_capital
    @allocated_capital Рік тому +41

    Great example on how one bad CEO can take a company with a few issues and absolutely destroy it

  • @TheMarc388
    @TheMarc388 Рік тому +13

    A major company in 2023 with a sole focus of bed products and a few other niche items (smart speakers, pots and pans, etc) is just too unmarketable with the rise of Amazon and such where you could get it to your doorstep, usually for much cheaper. Surprised they’ve lasted this long tbh. Pier 1 vibes come along.

  • @geom9087
    @geom9087 Рік тому +6

    I never bought anything from bb&b because they were expensive. i would just go inside the store to window shop while i waited to get seated at Olive Garden right next door. I would just go to target or Amazon for my bed and bath items

    • @dmw4914
      @dmw4914 Рік тому

      Me too. Bottom line: priced too high

    • @karols432
      @karols432 Рік тому

      BB&B and the more expensive prices was always my go to for stuff they only had on amazon but that I didnt want to wait for haha

  • @JohnDoe-qz3qi
    @JohnDoe-qz3qi Рік тому +83

    Husbands everywhere welcome the demise of Bed Bath & Beyond.

    • @deroxanlit4181
      @deroxanlit4181 Рік тому +7

      what is husbands

    • @forrestwalter3650
      @forrestwalter3650 Рік тому +12

      @@deroxanlit4181 Their a pretty cool band. It's worth checking them out

    • @lugeGUACHA
      @lugeGUACHA Рік тому +1

      LOL

    • @deroxanlit4181
      @deroxanlit4181 Рік тому

      @@forrestwalter3650 i thought there is like a company called husband

    • @balls433
      @balls433 Рік тому

      @@deroxanlit4181you’re slow for thinking that and not understanding the joke

  • @Cwgrlup
    @Cwgrlup Рік тому +20

    We shopped here loyally for years and began to notice the quality decline. Spent a lot of money here… It eventually became more like a Target store than the Bed Bath and Beyond we used to remember. After the pandemic, they never got merchandise back on the shelves. Then they began telling us to use their “online” store. If we wanted to shop online, we would have used Amazon. So disappointed that this store lied to its loyal customers and shut down its stores here instead of telling customers to go somewhere else. They hardly listened to their loyal customers.

  • @bananamilk1974
    @bananamilk1974 Рік тому +11

    I actually took myself to BB&B 3months ago, for the first time. The only thing that I could afford there was a shower curtain. The one pillow that I was interested was $110 and out of stock. I didn't buy anything, but I did go home bought a pillow for $65 at Amazon. Or I could just window shop at Target🤷‍♀️

    • @bubbola7394
      @bubbola7394 Рік тому +1

      Anyone who has seen their products from their app knows they offer quality products below market price. Paid shill

    • @juliazhang3600
      @juliazhang3600 Рік тому +1

      This is not the same company

  • @tanyastalking8495
    @tanyastalking8495 Рік тому +2

    So sad favorite favorite place, they closed both locations in my county now have to travel to get to one. Pray for this country, our economy and the many that potentially lost or losing their jobs as a result.

  • @pkwithmeplease
    @pkwithmeplease Рік тому +31

    Im dying laughing at the pump and dump on the failed business rofl

  • @damnjustassignmeone
    @damnjustassignmeone Рік тому +5

    That explains why I stopped by a Bed Bath and Beyond that was half empty.

    • @ericknoblauch9195
      @ericknoblauch9195 Рік тому

      Same thing happened at Kmart before their two separate bankruptcies. When vendors and suppliers are not paid, they don't ship the merchandise you are to sell and make a profit.

  • @chrispowell4251
    @chrispowell4251 Рік тому +3

    Seems like everyone in the comment section can save any company.

  • @rccnw
    @rccnw Рік тому +15

    This report seems to be curiously omitting a great many facts of note about the BBBY saga, and fails to explain the unhinged stock price dynamics, the massive naked shorting (multiples of the float sold in a few days), and interesting SEC filings and management hiring patterns in recent months. Please explain this much bigger mystery, its not a simple 'fundamentals' story. There is an interesting financial story here, report on it!

  • @Recovering_Californian
    @Recovering_Californian Рік тому +23

    Are we just going to ignore the giant spike in the middle of the graph? ...lol

    • @DejaVu0
      @DejaVu0 Рік тому +8

      They apparently don't want to talk about the meme stock rally back in 2021 lol. As hedge funds lay long term short positions in hopes of news like this comes some day, retail or other funds can go long to try and force them to close their positions.

  • @dmw4914
    @dmw4914 Рік тому +2

    These companies push it to the limit until it's too late. Prices are too high and are not competitive - bottom line. Actually the CEO creating a correctly priced line of products had the right idea.

  • @YTHatesMe-999
    @YTHatesMe-999 Рік тому +2

    Too bad..they used to be my go-to store for towels, dish cloths, and utensils. The last time I was in there, I found a gift for my daughter, but not much else. I guess their name now is Bed, Bath and Belly-up.

  • @icy1512
    @icy1512 Рік тому +2

    All I have to say is 4 bedroom house 3 kids and we all have My Pillow products from house shoes, sheets and and over 9 Pillows just this year. It is my go to for gifts

    • @donnafrflorida56
      @donnafrflorida56 Рік тому

      Amen. They did ban My Pillow. A beloved company by 50 percent of America. Good move. Not.

  • @fghfsghtyfghvcx1448
    @fghfsghtyfghvcx1448 Рік тому +5

    Ok i am in. Gonna hold till 80$.

  • @Xenon-4300
    @Xenon-4300 Рік тому +2

    I ordered a large pot from them and they sent me one with a lid that didn't even fit propertly. Then it was sold out and I coudn't even exchange it.

  • @tonicalloway7227
    @tonicalloway7227 Рік тому +2

    Right now,bed bath and beyond just doesn't have a product that America needs..we can't afford to pamper ourselves..we have to buy real necessities,like food and gas..maybe bb&b can rise again like the Phoenix,but not right now..

  • @jhwheuer
    @jhwheuer Рік тому +5

    Gosh I loved this store

  • @stoundingresults
    @stoundingresults Рік тому +10

    They should add another few B's.
    Breakfast Burritos, Bed Bath and Beyond.

  • @joshuaramseur
    @joshuaramseur Рік тому

    There are several reasons why they need to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy. From an outsider’s perspective I believe it centers around not developing a strong online shopping and shipping network that could rival (if not surpass) the big three (Amazon, Walmart, and Target) shopping and shipping networks to enhance product flow to consumers.
    And a second reason, is not leaning into the “BEYOND” part of their name. Seriously, having Beyond in their name literally opened them up to all industries.
    We are simple people, brand loyalty is how we make so many decisions. So they could have leverage their business name and branded so many different products. Or created a brand that could be used for several products like Kirkland at CostCo. From alcohol to slippers, people know it’s a Cost Co brand and it will be at a reasonable level of quality.

  • @ericknoblauch9195
    @ericknoblauch9195 Рік тому +1

    Looks like another Kmart struggling to survive, and stores with empty shelves. When you don't pay your vendors, and suppliers, you do not get merchandise to sell in your stores.

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold Рік тому

    I was love/hate with them. I loved the sexiness of their stores but HATED the high MSRP, BUT with that, you get an average of three coupons. This is the way that Kohls's (clothes store) works. Then there was the membership thing to get even more off on that same item, that you already have 2-3 coupons for. They hit you with much of that at checkout, thus delaying the final part of the transaction. Just give me the fricken price, and eliminate all those games. all that said, I'm always sorry to see ANY big chain go down.

  • @Jabberstax
    @Jabberstax Рік тому +1

    I've never stepped foot in a BB&B store and I never intend to.

  • @matty1452
    @matty1452 Рік тому +2

    This aged well.

  • @abenjamin13
    @abenjamin13 Рік тому +1

    Irresponsibility clear as day. You cannot depend nor trust the corporations to help or take the workers interest because in the end we are nothing but numbers on the balance sheet ✅.

  • @X_venturee
    @X_venturee Рік тому +1

    more stories like this plz

  • @TheGamingGoatChannel
    @TheGamingGoatChannel Рік тому +2

    I'm betting that Store Managers and Employees don't know the depth of this. It's almost Enron like in the aspect of it's decline. 😢

  • @Dragon43ish
    @Dragon43ish Рік тому

    1995 I re member when the store was packed with shippers. I was a good store. Now its dust in the wind.

  • @NotAJosh
    @NotAJosh Рік тому

    Update: As of today April 23ed BB&B has declared chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to start closing stores and according to there site winding down operations

  • @encasserole1704
    @encasserole1704 Рік тому +3

    Rebrand as Bed Bath & Beyoncé. Problem solved.

  • @jazziez6467
    @jazziez6467 Рік тому +1

    Stopped going to that overpriced store decade ago.

  • @eckankar7756
    @eckankar7756 Рік тому

    I loved BBB then they eliminated all the things that made it a fun store to shop, they changed the quantity and quality products offered. I miss the old store.

  • @mikemiller6483
    @mikemiller6483 Рік тому +3

    Scamming ceo and cfo. That’s what happened.

  • @commonsnapper5722
    @commonsnapper5722 Рік тому +2

    They shouldn’t of banned my pillow. Politics don’t mix with business.

  • @BlueJeebs
    @BlueJeebs Рік тому +1

    I don't even have to watch a video, my only experience with BB&B was trying to buy a soap dispenser they wanted to charge me $80 for...Need I say more?

  • @4Realkevv
    @4Realkevv Рік тому +2

    How when i go theres always people there its always pack

    • @spicysnowman8886
      @spicysnowman8886 Рік тому

      I work at one that's closing in 2 months, we never had more than 5 or 6 customers in the whole store before they started the clear out sale and it hit the news.

  • @REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI
    @REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI Рік тому +1

    Never go to the beyond section, one guy went there he has not been heard from since.

  • @CBooth90210
    @CBooth90210 Рік тому +7

    Lol why did they skip over the huge jump from $5 to $30 in August?. How often does a stock 6x in a couple weeks? Seems like it would have been a good thing to explain. So it sounds like they were losing money because they had low inventory and undesirable products. Why don't they just load up on what people want and make money again. Seems pretty straightforward to me.

    • @SparkPrincess
      @SparkPrincess Рік тому +1

      they couldn't reload on products that people want because they burnt their bridges with their suppliers. they haven't pay them, already in a high amount of debt, and cut them off in favor of their own private brands. their old suppliers were not willing to work with them any more.

    • @CBooth90210
      @CBooth90210 Рік тому

      @@SparkPrincess Just get new money, new management and say you're sorry. If i was a retailer I'd want my products in Bed Bath and Beyond

    • @silvervortex2441
      @silvervortex2441 Рік тому +2

      Ha ha ha that’s the Wall Street bets regards doing a short squeeze 😅

  • @JavisPicante
    @JavisPicante Рік тому +5

    I remember my family went to their stores once but they were FAR too expensive. A small scented spray was like 5 oz for 20 dollars not even a good perfume just a scented mist

  • @assassssasa
    @assassssasa Рік тому +14

    Mike Lindell should buy Bed Bath & Beyond "My Pillow & Beyond"

  • @annacanada7545
    @annacanada7545 Рік тому +6

    If they put their efforts into their successful sister store Buy Buy Baby, then they wouldn't have this issue.
    Speaking as a former employee.

    • @michaeloptv
      @michaeloptv Рік тому +2

      No. Baby products are a gag specialty. Not the prize products. Toys R us knew this as well. Unfortunately neither helped the mother brand out of their demises.

    • @nicholasholden1896
      @nicholasholden1896 Рік тому

      Rug pull ryan killed bby

  • @RajA-0202
    @RajA-0202 Рік тому +8

    This is due to people not showering as much anymore.

  • @Slowcarfastbeans
    @Slowcarfastbeans Рік тому

    Last year you bought something from BBBY? I’ll go first - 2018.

  • @sr1g
    @sr1g Рік тому +1

    The wsj pointing out bbby...huh.. Bobby going to squeeze

  • @danielblue4460
    @danielblue4460 Рік тому

    It was the cancellation of a base pillow that nailed the coffin.

  • @Shippo1337
    @Shippo1337 Рік тому

    what about the shorts though?

  • @donnafrflorida56
    @donnafrflorida56 Рік тому +1

    Go woke go broke. Stopped shopping a few years ago.

  • @thepearlswirl
    @thepearlswirl Рік тому

    2:18 😢

  • @kencrystal6763
    @kencrystal6763 Рік тому

    me watching this as an employee of the company in Canada : 👁👄👁

  • @nwatson2773
    @nwatson2773 Рік тому

    I’m surprised it took this long for them to close.

  • @JRMY3
    @JRMY3 Рік тому +1

    No mention of naked shorts, yeah.

  • @markwilson1096
    @markwilson1096 Рік тому +3

    that lady sounded like a voice assistant she was so bland

  • @ColonelSmiles
    @ColonelSmiles Рік тому +4

    "How bad our are finances?"
    "Are CFO killed himself when he saw the reports."

  • @oscarwindham6016
    @oscarwindham6016 Рік тому +9

    As for Bed Bath & Beyond, we the people have spoken, and we come down on the side of Mike Lindell.

    • @caseyadams1861
      @caseyadams1861 Рік тому

      Companies never seem to learn that going all in on stupid woke, leftist politics is bad idea. Most of a company's customers aren't insufferable leftists.

    • @oscarwindham6016
      @oscarwindham6016 Рік тому

      @@caseyadams1861 Yeah, and the same goes for these Hollywood awards programs. The recent Golden Globes viewership was abysmal, yet they keep pumping out the garbage.

  • @BBQBeerKars
    @BBQBeerKars Рік тому +2

    It is inevitable.

  • @PrinceArran
    @PrinceArran Рік тому

    There it is....

  • @ShhhHhhhz
    @ShhhHhhhz Рік тому +1

    lol when they lose their CFO, their stock briefly climbed

  • @jedijooj
    @jedijooj Рік тому +1

    Wallstreetbets did try

  • @gabrielam3625
    @gabrielam3625 Рік тому

    Wth yeah i stopped going because of no coupons. They lost a demographic.

  • @TMM-N
    @TMM-N Рік тому

    Why dont they cut their salary instead of firing

  • @MyEthan1998
    @MyEthan1998 Рік тому +1

    They need a rebrand.

  • @analienfromouterspace
    @analienfromouterspace Рік тому +1

    The next Sears

    • @ericknoblauch9195
      @ericknoblauch9195 Рік тому

      Yes! The next Sears/Kmart to go belly up, file bankruptcy, and close more stores until only a handful remain.

  • @bbshapeepee
    @bbshapeepee Рік тому +2

    Conclusion: buy and hold to the moon 🚀

  • @ro6742
    @ro6742 Рік тому

    1) Become CEO of name-brand, profitable company.
    2) Borrow billions for whatever.
    3) Pay myself and friends millions and millions.
    4) Who cares what #4 is.
    5) Rinse and Repeat
    🍾😎👍

  • @obiwan2112
    @obiwan2112 Рік тому

    Chasing away the customers is a poor business model.

  • @foodscrazy9229
    @foodscrazy9229 Рік тому

    Where's Jake Ryan

  • @safarygirl
    @safarygirl Рік тому

    Online you only see what stores are closing..how about using a little brain and tell people which stores are staying open so we can go there !!

  • @tazanteflight8670
    @tazanteflight8670 Рік тому

    Well,.... maybe charging $75 for a towel was too much....

  • @Bamy118
    @Bamy118 Рік тому

    Burlington NC USA bed bath beyond it's says store closing before I went to Mexico I think its probably says nothing 😮😢

  • @Semper_Iratus
    @Semper_Iratus Рік тому +5

    Buh bye bb&b. Your pricing strategy sucked.

  • @teatime667
    @teatime667 Рік тому

    Did you know that Ken Griffin committed perjury and international securities fraud?
    Open your books Kenny -- show us your short position.

  • @golfvacationus
    @golfvacationus Рік тому

    It’s happening.

  • @MCorpReview
    @MCorpReview Рік тому

    He looked at the finances and decided he/might as well disappear

  • @NAUM1
    @NAUM1 Рік тому

    Click will be a different movie if it closes completely.

  • @anunnakimenagerie
    @anunnakimenagerie Рік тому

    It won't be missed

  • @joseeduardo4327
    @joseeduardo4327 Рік тому +1

    Did they expect sales to increase when they shut down 20% of their stores? Lol

    • @kevinmcfarland4322
      @kevinmcfarland4322 Рік тому

      It’s called cutting costs. No point in paying employees and keeping lights on at a store if it doesn’t get enough traffic to be profitable

  • @andrewj4442
    @andrewj4442 Рік тому

    Mark Tritton and his failed behind the curve vision. 🤦🏻‍♂
    Too late to turn around. #Chapter11 #Bankruptcy #Liquidation

  • @douglasforeman8627
    @douglasforeman8627 Рік тому

    We are live MR Dragon resident Indonesia.

  • @notmikepatton1951
    @notmikepatton1951 Рік тому

    Well maybe because they suck you can find most things they have way cheaper elsewhere

  • @endor8witch
    @endor8witch Рік тому

    retail is dead.

  • @silvervortex2441
    @silvervortex2441 Рік тому +4

    Blood bath & beyond

    • @ericknoblauch9195
      @ericknoblauch9195 Рік тому

      Yes they are bleeding red ink really bad. Next they will be on life support through a bankruptcy filing like Sears and Kmart.

  • @AlanSmith88888
    @AlanSmith88888 Рік тому +7

    meme stock

  • @Nashvilletn-dm1pt
    @Nashvilletn-dm1pt Рік тому

    Lindell laughing sooooo hard w me

  • @SaianaKrishnaMehrotra-fr4qt

    any one here after Chapter 11 file by Bed bath & Beyond

  • @leeandrew2682
    @leeandrew2682 Рік тому +1

    where all my apes at lol

  • @cardphins68
    @cardphins68 Рік тому

    Bed Bath & Bankruptcy!

  • @brianadavis6796
    @brianadavis6796 Рік тому +2

    Do you think cancelling My Pillow and Ivanka Trump's product line had any thing to do with the drop in sales? Naaaaaah.

  • @JarrodLamp
    @JarrodLamp Рік тому

    This is just the start of the fall of big business.