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Meme stock nation descends on Bed Bath & Beyond again after earnings report

Meme stock traders are once again showing their love for new bestie Bed Bath & Beyond.  Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) exploded more than 30% at one point in Wednesday’s session as traders digested the retailer’s first quarter earnings. To be sure, there were a lot of positives for the meme traders — which sent the stock surging 40% out of the blue in a session earlier this month — to hang their hats on from Bed Bath & Beyond’s latest results.  First, CEO Mark Tritton made mention of… Source link

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Why Bed Bath & Beyond CEO isn’t getting sucked into meme stock mania (unlike AMC CEO)

This journalist remembers chatting on a number of occasions with Mark Tritton when he was the whiz kid behind Target’s merchandising revival from 2016 to 2019.  Tritton — serving as Target’s chief merchandising officer — was level-headed, decisive, creatively-focused and believed he could bring the cheap chic cool factor back to the discount retailer. He achieved his mission (Tritton remains a big reason why it’s fun to shop at Target), and Target’s bottom line continues to benefit from… Source link

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Bed Bath & Beyond launches new brands as retail investors send stock skyrocketing

Let’s just say that investors really, really, REALLY love that Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) introduced three new, high margin private label brands on Wednesday.  Shares of the home goods retailer exploded by as much as 50% in afternoon trading as retail traders returned to old friend Bed Bath & Beyond (and meme trades such as AMC and BlackBerry) amid its positive product news. The company said it will debut the three new home brands —Our Table, Wild Sage and Squared Away — in the coming… Source link

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Bed Bath & Beyond says it’s dropping MyPillow because it’s ‘underperforming’ after CEO claims anti-Trump pressure

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told Yahoo Finance on Tuesday that several retailers, including Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), told him they were dropping his products because of his ties to President Donald Trump. But Bed Bath & Beyond says it has a non-political reason for ditching MyPillow products — they just aren’t selling enough. “As previously announced, we have been rationalizing our assortment to discontinue a number of underperforming items and brands. This includes the MyPillow product… Source link

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