What's Next for Bed Bath & Beyond?
What's Next for Bed Bath & Beyond?
$Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY.US)$ is facing a number of executive vacancies as the retailer faces a corporate restructuring.
$3B家居 (BBBY.US)$隨著這家零售商面臨公司重組，該公司正面臨多個高管空缺。
The company's CEO and chief merchandising officer left the retailer June 29, and CFO Gustavo Arnal died Friday in New York City.
該公司首席執行官兼首席營銷官於6月29日離開了這家零售商，首席財務官古斯塔沃·阿爾納爾於週五在紐約市去世。
John Barresi, who worked under Arnal as the chief accounting officer, had resigned earlier in May.
約翰·巴雷西曾在阿納爾手下擔任首席會計官的他已於5月初辭職。
A search for a permanent successor to Arnal will likely take three months or longer and be complicated by the challenges the company is facing, according to The Wall Street Journal.
據《華爾街日報》報道，尋找Arna的永久繼任者可能需要三個月或更長時間，而且由於公司面臨的挑戰而變得複雜。
CEO Mark Tritton and Chief Merchandising Officer Joe Hartsig left the home goods retailer June 29 after it announced declining sales and significant losses.
首席執行官梅克·特裡頓和首席採購官Joe·哈茨西格在宣佈銷售額下降和嚴重虧損後，這家家居用品零售商於6月29日離開。
Bed Bath's Restructuring Plan: The home goods retailer announced Wednesday that it would close about 150 of its more than 700 stores and lay off about 20% of its employees as part of a restructuring deal that would give the company around $500 million in cash.
Bed Bath的重組計劃：這家家居用品零售商周三宣佈，將關閉其700多家門店中的約150家，並裁員約20%，這是一項重組協定的一部分，該協定將為公司帶來約5億美元的現金。
The business said that two other top executives — its chief operating officer and its chief stores officer — would be leaving as part of the restructuring deal.
該公司表示，作為重組協定的一部分，另外兩名高管--首席運營官和首席商店官--將離職。
The Context: After revealing an 11.8% position in Bed Bath, former activist investor Ryan Cohen reached an agreement with the company in March that saw his company, RC Ventures, designate three individuals to the Bed Bath board of directors.
背景：在披露了在Bed Bath持有11.8%的頭寸後，前維權投資者瑞安·科恩今年3月，他的公司RC Ventures與該公司達成協定，任命三名個人進入Bed Bath董事會。
Cohen recently sold his stake, which sparked a class-action lawsuit. His three appointees, Marjorie Bowen, Shelly Lombard and Ben Rosenzweig, continue to serve on the board of the organization, according to the company website.
科恩最近出售了他的股份，這引發了一場集體訴訟。他任命的三個人，瑪喬麗·鮑文，雪莉·隆巴德和本·羅森茨韋格，繼續在該組織的董事會任職，根據公司網站。
Bed Bath is being led on an interim basis by Sue Gove, a board member who has 30 years of experience in the retail sector.
Bed Bath由以下人員臨時領導秀克·戈夫，在零售業擁有30年經驗的董事會成員。
Gove elevated two executives into newly formed positions of brand presidents to lead the company's Bed Bath and buybuy Baby brands.
Gove將兩名高管提升為新設立的品牌總裁職位，領導公司的Bed Bath和BuyBuy Baby品牌。