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Encyclopedia > Bed, Bath and Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
Type NASDAQ: BBBY
Founded 1971
Location
Industry Retail
Products department stores
Website http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/
A typical Bed Bath and Beyond store
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A typical Bed Bath and Beyond store

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. NASDAQ: BBBY was formed in 1971 as a chain of stores across the United States. They feature medium to high quality domestic merchandise: items for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and dining room. As with similar retail stores, much of its profit comes from gift cards and bridal registries. Image File history File links Bed_Bath_and_Beyond_logo. ... NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Drawing of a self-service store. ... A department store organizes its goods by departments, such as womens clothes, home furnishings, electronics, and the like. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Scrip is any substitute for currency, which is not legal tender. ... A bridal registry is a system designed by department stores for the purpose of allowing a newlywed couple to manage the purchase of gifts for their wedding. ...


The Bed Bath & Beyond stock is traded on the NASDAQ and is included in the S&P 500 index and the NASDAQ-100 index. NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ) is a U.S. electronic stock exchange. ... The S&P 500 is a list of 500 US corporations, ordered by market capitalization. ... The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange based on market capitalization. ...


The company's corporate headquarters are located at 650 Liberty Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083. Union Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New Jersey: Union Township, Camden County, New Jersey Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Union Township, Union County, New Jersey see also: Union City, New Jersey Union Beach, New Jersey Union County, New Jersey This is...


Miscellany

Many jokes have been made about the Beyond portion of the Bed Bath & Beyond name, including on the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy. The jokes usually revolve around working in or browsing on the Beyond portion of the store. The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), but rarely as FBC, is a television network in the United States. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ...


Bed Bath & Beyond is also mentioned in the satirical song "America, Fuck Yeah" from the 2004 film Team America: World Police as one of the better things about the United States. America, Fuck Yeah is the theme song to the movie Team America: World Police. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Team America: World Police Team America: World Police is a 2004 movie by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of the Comedy Central television program South Park. ...


Bed Bath & Beyond is sometimes included in the Food Network television show Good Eats. Alton Brown visits a BBB location and gathers useful gadgets. Television Food Network, normally referred to as Food Network, is a New York-based cable network that airs many specials and recurring (episodic) shows about food, food preparation, at-home entertaining, and restaurants. ... Good Eats is a television cooking show created and hosted by Alton Brown that airs in North America on the Food Network. ... Alton Brown (born on July 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is the creator and host of the television show Good Eats, a cooking show on the Food Network. ...


The Beyond department is also used in Adam Sandler and Christopher Walken's 2006 comedy film Click. Sandler at Cannes 2002 Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and musician. ... Christopher Walken in The Dogs of War (1981) Ronald Walken (born March 31, 1943), known professionally as Christopher Walken, is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor best known for playing menacing or psychologically damaged characters, but who has occasionally used that image for comedic effect. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Click is an upcoming film directed by Frank Coraci. ...


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Bed Bath and Beyond's same-store sales, which compare results at like outlets open for more than one year, grew by an impressive 4.4% in the first quarter, while other companies struggled, the analyst noted.
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Bed Bath and Beyond also had $1.3 billion in cash and long-term investment securities at the end of the third quarter.
Bed Bath and Beyond earned $0.40 per share in the third quarter, which was a penny better than expectations and 21% ahead of last year's earnings of $0.33 per share.
Bed Bath and Beyond shares are trading at a respectable 25 times the fiscal 2005 earnings estimate of $1.60 per share, which is in the range of its expected growth for the year.
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