Bed Bath & Beyond shoppers rush to New Jersey store for deals before final closing

There was a rush to Bed Bath & Beyond in Springfield,Customers packed the store in search of deals after the company announced it would start the process of"It's really terrible. I like to come in and feel the towels," said shopper Linda Fitzsimmons. The Springfield store opened in 1971 as Bed & Bath and expanded across theIn a letter, the store told shoppers it won't accept gift cards after May 8 and will stop taking those popular coupons on April 26.

Earlier this year, Bed Bath & Beyond notified the New Jersey Department of Labor that it would be cutting 1,300 jobs. The store in Watchung closed before the bankruptcy announcement. In court filings, Bed Bath & Beyond said it hopes to pull off a sale and keep some operations going. Business analyst Carl Gould said Bed Bath & Beyond has been in trouble for some time, but the pandemic and the"Amazon effect" accelerated its demise.

"Target and Walmart had same-day pickup. You could order it online, swing by, pick it up that same day," said Gould. CBS2 reached out to several attorneys representing Bed Bath & Beyond as well as the company's public relations department, but no one got back to us.

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