The Container Store and Bed Bath & Beyond Launch First Co-Branded Retail Experience

COPPELL, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2026--

The Container Store and Bed Bath & Beyond today announced the opening of their first co-branded retail location in The Container Store’s home market of Texas, debuting Saturday, May 16, at 4601 West Freeway in Fort Worth, Texas. This milestone marks the next step in bringing together two iconic brands to deliver a more connected, value-driven home shopping experience.

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The new store concept combines the best of The Container Store’s organizing solutions, design services and expertise with the best of Bed Bath & Beyond’s home essentials. The result is a more complete home destination that combines organization, essentials, décor and services in one convenient shopping experience.

“This is an exciting step forward as we continue bringing our Everything Home vision to life,” said Amy Sullivan, President, Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. “By bringing together the strengths of these two iconic brands, we’re creating a more connected shopping experience that combines inspiration, organization, solutions and value for customers across every room in the home.”

Customers will be able to shop by room and find the store is a natural integration of Bed Bath & Beyond and The Container Store assortments. It expands core departments of The Container Store like kitchen, bath and closet with small appliances and textiles, while adding new areas customers know from Bed Bath & Beyond like dining, bedding and curtains. The store also reintroduces familiar and beloved elements of Bed Bath & Beyond, including the iconic towel wall and curated bed displays, offering a modern take on a familiar shopping experience.

In the coming months, Bed Bath & Beyond products will roll out in a phased approach across The Container Store’s 98 locations nationwide, as well as online at containerstore.com. Over time, the company expects to operate more than 300 stores across multiple formats, including co-branded stores, neighborhood formats, Bed Bath & Beyond Seasonal Living, and buybuy BABY locations.

The co-branded format is designed to pair the strengths of both brands while leveraging shared operations, technology and customer insights across the broader Bed Bath & Beyond ecosystem.

Fort Worth Opening Weekend Celebration

To celebrate the grand opening, Fort Worth-area customers are invited to be the first to experience the brands coming together and enjoy special promotions and giveaways throughout the weekend:

Store hours for opening weekend are Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

As the brands continue to integrate, customers can expect additional services and capabilities that further simplify the experience of living in and caring for a home, including expanded offerings like flooring, financing and insurance solutions.

About Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (NYSE: BBBY) is building a connected home ecosystem designed to make shopping for, managing and caring for a home simpler and more affordable. Through a portfolio of trusted brands including Bed Bath & Beyond, buybuy BABY, Overstock, Kirkland’s and, upon completion of the merger, The Container Store, the Company serves customers through an integrated omnichannel experience spanning retail, home products, services, financing, protection and installation solutions.

The Company’s technology and data platform helps create more personalized experiences for customers across every stage of home ownership, while its expanding ecosystem of brands and services is designed to deliver greater convenience, accessibility and value.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact, including but not limited to statements regarding: the planned co-branding at The Container Store retail locations; Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc.’s business strategy and partnerships; the pending merger with The Container Store; and the related expected benefits, value and synergies, and timing of any of the foregoing. Additional information regarding factors that could materially affect results and the accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained herein may be found in Bed, Bath & Beyond, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and in its subsequent filings with the SEC.

New Bed Bath & Beyond assortment

Product integrated throughout the store

Iconic towel wall is back

First location of The Container Store + Bed Bath & Beyond in Fort Worth, TX.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on new congressional voting maps pushed by President Donald Trump had vacated their office.

The all-Republican court dealt a blow to Gov. Greg Abbott and state Republicans in their efforts to severely punish the more than 50 Democrats who bolted for New York, Illinois and Massachusetts in a bid to stop a vote on the maps during a special session. State Republicans had sought their arrest and threatened fines to bring them back to the state Capitol.

Abbott had argued in a lawsuit filed directly to the state’s highest civil court that state Rep. Gene Wu, the leader of the House Democratic caucus, and others had effectively abandoned their office.

Wu had argued that he was not abandoning his office in the quorum break, but was exercising a right to dissent.

In denying Abbott’s request, the court opinion written by Justice James Blacklock noted that the Republican-majority Legislature had adequately resolved the problem itself through measures such as fines against the missing lawmakers, and that they eventually returned on their own within a few weeks.

“In the end, a quorum was restored in two weeks’ time, without judicial intervention, by the interplay of political and practical forces,” Blacklock wrote.

“Courts have uniformly recognized that it is not their role to resolve disputes between the other two branches that those branches can resolve for themselves,” the opinion said.

If the issue rises again and the Legislature cannot effectively compel lawmakers to return, the court may someday consider whether the courts should step in, the opinion said.

“When Greg Abbott threatened to arrest and expel us for denying him a quorum, we told him he should ‘come and take it.’ He tried!” Wu said in a statement Friday. “Abbott was wrong, weak, and after all his bluster, he couldn’t come and take a damn thing.”

Wu and the other lawmakers eventually returned to Texas, and the new map was passed and signed into law by Abbott.

Wu had argued that because he had returned to the Capitol and the map was eventually signed into law, there was no longer any reason for the court to weigh in.

“Their return is robust proof that they never intended to abandon their offices,” Wu argued in legal briefs. “Despite the overheated rhetoric, this quorum break was always understood to be temporary.”

The Texas walkout intensified into a high-stakes national drama as Trump urged Texas and other GOP-controlled states to redraw their congressional districts to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. House. The Texas map effort set off a wave of similar efforts across several states as governors from both parties pledged to redraw maps with the goal of giving their political candidates a leg up in the 2026 midterm elections.

The state constitution requires that at least 100 of the 150 House members be present to conduct business, and the quorum break effectively shut down a special legislative session Abbott had called to address redistricting and other issues, including aid to communities hit by the devastating July Fourth floods that killed more than 100 people.

In 2021, the court ruled that the Texas Constitution enables the possibility of a quorum break but also allows for consequences to bring members back.

Last year's Democratic walkout was the third since 2003, when lawmakers bolted to stop a vote on a redistricting bill. They did it again in 2021 over an elections bill. In both cases, they were temporary victories as Democrats eventually returned and the Republican majority in the Legislature ultimately passed both measures into law.

FILE - Texas state Rep. Gene Wu speaks to the crowd before California Gov. Gavin Newsom during a rally with Harris County Democrats at the IBEW local 716 union hall on Nov. 8, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/Karen Warren, File)

FILE - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos, File)