Bed Bath & Beyond returns
- Bed Bath & Beyond said on April 23 it will return to California stores through a co-branded rollout inside The Container Store, with 12 California locations shifting formats beginning in May. - The physical comeback is part of a 98-store national reset at The Container Store, which is liquidating about 30% of select categories and stockkeeping units to make room. - The move reverses Marcus Lemonis’ August pledge not to run California stores after Bed Bath & Beyond’s 2023 bankruptcy and online-only pivot. (retaildive.com)
Bed Bath & Beyond is coming back to California stores by moving inside The Container Store. (investors.beyond.com) The company said April 23 that 98 The Container Store locations nationwide will reset their selling floors for a phased Bed Bath & Beyond integration. California will get 12 of those co-branded stores. (investors.beyond.com) The California list includes Los Angeles, Costa Mesa, El Segundo and San Diego in the south, plus Corte Madera, Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo and Walnut Creek in Northern California. (investors.beyond.com) (ocregister.com) The Container Store said the transition starts in May 2026 and will unfold over the following months under the name “The Container Store + Bed Bath & Beyond.” The combined format will pair storage and closet systems with a broader home assortment from Bed Bath & Beyond. (investors.beyond.com) To make room, The Container Store launched a chainwide “Store Changing” event on April 24 and said it will liquidate about 30% of select categories and stockkeeping units. It also opened stores an hour early on April 25 and April 26 with an extra 5% early-bird discount. (investors.beyond.com) The return marks a sharp turn from August 2025, when Bed Bath & Beyond chief executive and executive chairman Marcus Lemonis said the company would not open or operate retail stores in California. He had called the state overregulated and risky for business. (retaildive.com) That stance had set off a public clash with Governor Gavin Newsom. After the April 23 announcement, Newsom’s office issued a statement welcoming Bed Bath & Beyond back and saying the company would reopen a dozen stores in the state. (gov.ca.gov) The comeback also extends Bed Bath & Beyond’s post-bankruptcy reinvention. The chain filed for bankruptcy in 2023, shut its stores, and shifted to an online-only presence before this new physical-store strategy. (retaildive.com) (foxla.com) Bed Bath & Beyond said the co-branded stores reflect its broader “Everything Home” strategy. In California, that means the brand that disappeared from malls and power centers is returning through someone else’s front door. (investors.beyond.com)
