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I-Union, NJ – Okwesibini kwiminyaka emithathu, iBed Bath & Beyond ijoliswe ngumtyali-mali olwela amalungelo abantu ofuna utshintsho olukhulu kwimisebenzi yayo.

Umsunguli weChewy kunye nosihlalo weGameStop uRyan Cohen, onenkampani yakhe yotyalo-mali iRC Ventures ethathe isabelo se-9.8% kwiBed Bath & Beyond, uthumele ileta kwibhodi yabalawuli bale venkile izolo evakalisa inkxalabo malunga nembuyekezo yobunkokeli malunga nokusebenza kunye nesicwangciso sayo sokudala ukukhula okunentsingiselo.
Ukholelwa ukuba inkampani kufuneka inciphise icebo layo kwaye ihlole ukujikeleza ikhonkco le-buybuy Baby okanye ithengise yonke inkampani kwizabelo zabucala.
Kwiinyanga zokuqala ezilithoba zonyaka-mali osandul’ ukugqitywa, intengiso iyonke yehle ngama-28%, kunye ne-comp yehle nge-7%. Le nkampani ibike ilahleko epheleleyo ye-$25 yezigidi. I-Bed Bath & Beyond kulindeleke ukuba ixele ngeziphumo zayo ezipheleleyo zonyaka-mali ngo-Epreli.

"[Ingxaki] eBed Bath kukuba icebo layo elisasazwe kakhulu nelisasazekileyo aliphelisi iingxaki ebeziqhubeka ngaphambi, ngexesha nasemva kokungakhathali kobhubhane kunye nokuqeshwa kwegosa eliyintloko uMark Tritton," wabhala uCohen.
I-Bed Bath & Beyond iphendule ngale ntsasa ngengxelo emfutshane.
“Ibhodi kunye neqela lolawulo leBed Bath & Beyond bagcina incoko eqhubekayo nabaninizabelo bethu, kwaye nangona singakhange sibe nonxibelelwano ngaphambili neRC Ventures, siza kuyiphonononga ngononophelo ileta yabo kwaye sinethemba lokuzibandakanya ngendlela eyakhayo malunga neengcinga abazivezileyo,” itshilo.

Le nkampani iqhubekile yathi: “Ibhodi yethu izimisele ukwenza izinto ngendlela elungele abaninizabelo bethu kwaye ihlola rhoqo zonke iindlela zokudala ixabiso labaninizabelo. Unyaka ka-2021 uphawula unyaka wokuqala wokuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso sethu sotshintsho seminyaka emininzi, esikholelwa ukuba siya kudala ixabiso elikhulu labaninizabelo kwixesha elide.”
Ubunkokeli kunye necebo likaBed Bath & Beyond ngoku likhule ngenxa yotshintsho olwalukhokelwa ngabalweli-nkululeko entwasahlobo ka-2019, olwathi ekugqibeleni lwabangela ukugxothwa kukaSteve Temares owayenguMphathi-Jikelele ngelo xesha, ukurhoxa kwibhodi yabasunguli beenkampani uWarren Eisenberg noLeonard Feinstein, kunye nokuqeshwa kwamalungu amatsha ebhodi.
UTritton waqeshwa njenge-CEO ngoNovemba ka-2019 ukuze aqhubele phambili amanyathelo aliqela awayesele eqalisiwe, kuquka ukuthengiswa kwamashishini angengowasemsebenzini. Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezalandelayo, iBed Bath yathengisa imisebenzi emininzi, kuquka i-One Kings Lane, iChristmas Tree Shops/And That, iCost Plus World Market kunye namagama akwi-intanethi ahlukeneyo.
Phantsi kolawulo lwakhe, iBed Bath & Beyond inciphise uluhlu lwayo lweebhrendi zelizwe yaza yasungula iibhrendi ezisibhozo zeebhrendi zabucala kwiindidi ezahlukeneyo, ilinganisa icebo uTritton awayelwazi kakuhle ngexesha lakhe langaphambili kwiTarget Stores Inc.

UCohen ugxininise kwileta yakhe eya kwibhodi ukuba inkampani kufuneka igxile kwiinjongo eziphambili ezifana nokuphucula uthungelwano lwayo lokubonelela kunye netekhnoloji. “Kwimeko yeBed Bath, kubonakala ngathi ukuzama ukwenza imisebenzi emininzi ngaxeshanye kukhokelela kwiziphumo ezininzi eziphantsi,” utshilo.