Bed Bath & Beyond adds to list of acquisitions with F9 Brands deal
Bed Bath & Beyond is acquiring F9 Brands (Lumber Liquidators, Cabinets To Go) following its $150 million Container Store acquisition closing in July 2026. The company is pivoting from traditional retail to higher-margin project-based categories like kitchens and flooring.
BBB's shift to project-based retail creates new competition for home improvement sellers on Amazon/Walmart who rely on individual product sales. Monitor your kitchen, flooring, and storage categories for increased bundled competition from a revitalized omnichannel player.
Traditional retailers are consolidating distressed assets to compete with marketplace sellers through integrated product-service offerings that Amazon/Walmart can't easily replicate.
Check Brand Analytics for kitchen/flooring/storage categories -- if BBB starts bundling, adjust PPC to target project-specific keywords.
Review your home improvement product mix and consider creating installation service partnerships before BBB scales this model.
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BBB's project-based pivot means new bundled competition for home improvement sellers.
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BBB's project-based pivot means new bundled competition for home improvement sellers.
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$150 million Container Store acquisition
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Quickly following its acquisition of The Container Store, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has announced it will acquire Lumber Liquidators, Cabinets To Go and other F9 Brands’ assets. Bed Bath & Beyond expects the deal to acquire The Container Store, which it announced April 2, to close in July.
The $150 million deal includes the organization chain, along with brands Elfa and Closet Works. Currently, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. owns its now-namesake brand Bed Bath & Beyond, as well as Overstock, Buy Buy Baby and Kirkland’s. It also operates a blockchain asset portfolio. In October 2024, Beyond and The Container Store announced a partnership.
The former would invest $40 million into the latter. Then, in November that year, Beyond said that the deal might not happen. In December 2024, The Container Store filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now, Bed Bath & Beyond has signed a letter of intent to acquire the “the equity interests and substantially all assets of F9 Brands, Inc.”
The former announced April 8 that it signed the letter of intent. In the announcement, Bed Bath & Beyond said the acquisition of F9 Brands would represent “a shift from traditional retail into higher-ticket, higher-margin, project-based categories including kitchens, flooring and custom storage.”
Bed Bath & Beyond said it believes it can increase its average transaction size and margin by combining product, installation and financing into one experience. Bed Bath & Beyond ranks No. 71 in the Top 2000 Database. The database ranks North America’s largest online retailers by their annual ecommerce sales and more.
News Bed Bath & Beyond to acquire The Container Store Mary Meisenzahl | Apr 6, 2026
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