“The neighborhood is now a destination for New Yorkers in search of shower curtains and discount clothing,” the New York Times wrote a few years later as it mourned Barney’s closure in the area. The availability of spaces with high ceilings and spaced-out columns was a draw: After the company occupied a portion of what was once the Siegel-Cooper department store, Filene’s Basement and TJ Maxx also moved into the building. “Sixth Avenue was dead as a doornail before, but Bed Bath & Beyond has really opened it up,” a part-owner of several Fifth Avenue buildings told the New York Times in 1993.
When Bed Bath & Beyond planted itself in Chelsea in 1992, it marked the beginning of a new retail era for the neighborhood - once known as “Ladies Mile” for the rich women who frequented the strip between 17th and 23rd - but had been languishing for decades. Another woman I chat with, after I tell her to have fun shopping, replies, “It’s not really fun because they tricked everyone.” A shopper named Renee, who has come all the way from Brooklyn in search of a deal on an air fryer, looks forlornly at her cart, empty except for a single oven liner: “This is very disappointing.” They had come to pick the bones of a once-great superstore they arrived instead to find their coupons were no longer being honored and the Soda Streams were still $129.99. It’s crazy!” a man in a blue sweater yells into his phone near the dishware. on Wednesday, day one of Bed Bath & Beyond’s multiweek bankruptcy sale, there are at least 100 people at the Sixth Avenue flagship and betrayal is in the air. It looks like we have to accept that it really is the end of an era.By 10 a.m. On TikTok, customers posted videos from stores showing nearly empty shelves, heavily discounted items, and, of course, long lines of bargain hunters with coupons in hand. “The fact that it lasted as long as it did is the big surprise.” “This company has been in late-stage decline for a while,” Ted Gavin, managing partner and founder of corporate restructuring firm Gavin/Solmonese, told the Washington Post. Despite a bump in sales at the start of the pandemic when people were decorating their homes, Bed Bath & Beyond was hit by supply-chain issues and higher operational costs. Earlier this year, the company said it would close 87 stores last year it closed 150. The bankruptcy and liquidation have been expected for months. The New York Times reports that around the country, shoppers are rushing to use the coupons, which have been a staple for college students, newly married couples, and bargain-loving shoppers for a hunt to see if I can score a dyson at bed bath and beyond before they close 🫣 #bedbathandbeyond #bedbathandbeyondclosing #toronto #torontolife #torontoinfluencer #vlog #dailyvlog #fyp ♬ original sound - :) Per Bloomberg, Bed Bath & Beyond expects its in-store shelves to be empty by the end of June. The company will “no longer accept coupons or Welcome Rewards+ discounts beginning April 26,” it said to Axios. AF1vQsN0I2- Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi April 24, 2023 They dropped that Tucker Carlson/Don Lemon news to distract yall from the real truth, Bed Bath & Beyond coupons expire Wednesday. Apparently, Tuesday is the last day customers can use the retailer’s infamous 20 percent-off Big Blue (or any other) coupons. In an email to customers on Sunday, the company said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be closing all its stores over the next two months. It’s time to use those Bed Bath & Beyond coupons you’ve been holding on to for God knows how long. Photo: Don & Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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