Bed Bath & Beyond is closing dozens of stores -- check to see if a store near you is on the list.
The home-goods retailer BBBY, +0.34% and most recent “meme stock” has been reducing the number of its stores in recent years, and announced last month it was closing about 150 “lower-producing” stores.
A Bed Bath & Beyond spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal most of the 56 stores on the list would close by the end of September. The retailer ousted its chief executive in June and in recent weeks it has been part of the “meme stock” phenomena, getting big boosts from retail traders on social media.
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