April 12, 2011
Bed, Bath & Beyond weathered the worst of the recession, posting a 4.4 percent increase in same-store sales for 2009 while the industry as a whole experienced a 0.5 percent decrease. When the retailer announced in April that it planned to open 60 new stores in fiscal year 2010, the news heralded a welcome change in outlook that slowly began taking hold among other national retail chains.
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