Posted on 08/31/2022 5:03:01 PM PDT by bitt
“Go woke, go broke” is the slogan that keeps on giving. The latest installment of woke, politically active retailers now facing financial ruin in the form of shuttering stores and mass layoffs is none other than conservative-hating Bed Bath & Beyond.
According to CNBC, the retailer announced this week that it will close down 150 namesake stores, as well as plans to hand out pink slips to a whopping 20% of its workforce, mostly in the supply chain and corporate sectors of the business. The moves were announced ahead of an expected investor update on Wednesday in the company’s seemingly desperate bid to stay afloat.
As you’ll recall, BBB made headlines in early 2021 after it was confirmed by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell that the retailer had canceled his legendary MyPillow line at the same time he was involved with conservative activism on behalf of former President Donald Trump, specifically working on issues related to election fraud claims.
At the time, Business Insider reported:
Bed Bath & Beyond has cut ties with My Pillow, the pillow manufacturing company founded by Trump supporter Mike Lindell, the retailer confirmed to Insider.
Lindell first reported the retailer axing his products, telling a Fox News affiliate and right-wing media outlet RSBN about stores dropping the brand. In the interviews, Lindell attributed the retailer’s decision to social media pressure led by “leftist groups.”
“They’re trying to cancel companies now,” he told RSBN.
The move to cancel MyPillow from being sold in Bed Bath & Beyond stores was significant because, at the time, it was the largest national retailer that stocked Lindell’s famous pillow and bed products. Lindell took the decision in stride and would eventually receive significant support from countless high-profile conservative influencers, which undoubtedly kept his brand alive and thriving.
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I suspect cancelling MyPillow (nationwide) has worked out for Mike Lindell.
>So where does one find a discount code to use for buying My Pillow items?
https://rumble.com/c/BannonsWarRoom
Inflation killed BB&B. People have no money left.
It is the same brands as sold in expensive stores. Really. You can go to Macys and pay much more
Hmmmm, tens of thousands of brick and mortar stores all over the country are closing. Only a tiny fraction of them ever sold My Pillow products. I wonder why that is? /questions ryan ledendecker is too stupid to understand
TLDR: if you believe BBB’s problems relate to Mike Lindell, you might have a lower IQ than ryan ledendecker.
Thank you.
I avoided them whenever possible, and I used to go there frequently.
I think I went once, out of necessity, since they dropped MY PILLOW.
When we go to the My Pillow website, there is a chat button to click on ask them for a discount code. They always give us one.
Actually they aren't. They are always cheap Chinese knock offs of everything.
OK.
I had thought that asking them for one might be an idea but didn’t know how to go about it.
They’re in the Beyond phase now.
Is the creepy guy in the Beyond Room getting fired too?
BBB employees refuse to say, “Thank you,” to their customers.
We stopped going once they cancelled My Pillow. I loved that store, especially in it’s heyday. Late 90s, early 00s— I spent a mint there when I lived in Boston. They had great stuff back then.
Began to decline in the mid 00s. After cancelling Lindell, we cancelled them.
Too bad, so sad. Not.
I have bought plenty from MyPillow’s website and have not stepped foot in a Bed Bath and Beyond store for years.
Well, we used to go to BBB quite frequently, and often came out with something. Often expensive somethings.
No, I imagine the MyPillows weren’t a big part of the bottom line, but they ticked me off when they came out against it, and we stopped going - period. So, ALL THE OTHER STUFF I would have bought didn’t get bought. Multiply me by hundreds of thousands, and you can see that maybe “woke” was a problem.
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