ADVISORY, Nov. 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY ), a retailer of domestics merchandise and home furnishings, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.
In honor of the occasion, Scott Hames, Vice President of Marketing & Analytics, Eric Steinberger, Chief Marketing Officer and Louis Sepe, Vice President of Customer & Business Analytics will ring the Opening Bell.
Where: Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43 rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When: Friday, November 27, 2015 – 9:15 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Media Contact: Jessica Joyce (908) 688-0888 ext. 5461 jessica.joyce@bedbath.com
Nasdaq MarketSite: Will Briganti (646) 441-5012 William.Briganti@nasdaq.com
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About Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBY ) : Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") is a retailer selling a wide assortment of domestics merchandise and home furnishings which operates under the names Bed Bath & Beyond, Christmas Tree Shops, Christmas Tree Shops andThat! or andThat!, Harmon or Harmon Face Values, buybuy BABY and World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus. Customers can purchase products from the Company either in-store, online or through a mobile device. The Company has the developing ability to have customer purchases picked up in-store or shipped direct to the customer from the Company's distribution facilities, stores or vendors. In addition, the Company operates Of a Kind, an e-commerce website that features specially commissioned, limited edition items from emerging fashion and home designers. The Company also operates Linen Holdings, a provider of a variety of textile products, amenities and other goods to institutional customers in the hospitality, cruise line, healthcare and other industries. Additionally, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates retail stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond. Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. are traded on Nasdaq under the symbol "BBBY" and are included in the Standard and Poor's 500 and Global 1200 Indices and the NASDAQ-100 Index. The Company is counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes 2000.
The Company operates websites at bedbathandbeyond.com , worldmarket.com , buybuybaby.com , christmastreeshops.com , harmondiscount.com , and ofakind.com . As of August 29, 2015, the Company had a total of 1,520 stores, including 1,023 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 270 stores under the names of World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus, 99 buybuy BABY stores, 78 stores under the names Christmas Tree Shops, Christmas Tree Shops andThat! or andThat!, and 50 stores under the names Harmon or Harmon Face Values. In addition, the Company is a partner in a joint venture which operates six stores in Mexico under the name Bed Bath & Beyond.
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