Bed Bath & Beyond bankruptcy: These companies could benefit from the retailer’s demise

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.’s bankruptcy marks the end of the line for the troubled home-goods retailer and sometime meme-stock darling.

But a number of companies could benefit from Bed Bath & Beyond’s BBBY demise. On the retail side, the obvious beneficiaries are companies that have robust home businesses, such as Target Corp. TGT, Walmart Inc. WMT and privately held HomeGoods, Carol Spieckerman, president of the retail advisory firm Spieckerman Retail, told MarketWatch.

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