The Profit Prophet

The Bloodbath at Bed Bath: How a Retailer With 82,000 SKUs and Zero Strategy Died in Slow Motion While Wall Street Cheered

Episode Summary

Bed Bath & Beyond didn't collapse overnight — it was a decade-long controlled demolition by executives who gutted the one thing customers actually loved, hedge funds who strip-mined the company for share buybacks, and a board that confused busyness with strategy. This is the story of how a retailer with genuine advantages threw every single one of them away, one coupon at a time.