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1.75 Million Travel Steam Irons Part Of Expanded Recall For Fire, Burn, Shock Hazards 1.75 Million Travel Steam Irons Part Of Expanded Recall For Fire, Burn, Shock Hazards
1.75 Million Travel Steam Irons Part Of Expanded Recall For Fire, Burn, Shock Hazards Federal authorities announced that a recall initially reported in May has been expanded to include an additional 1.7 million travel irons after there were new reports of injuries. Kansas-based Vornado announced that it is now recalling upwards of two million Steamfast Home and Away Travel Steam Irons due to fire, burn, and shock hazards due to a faulty power cord. According to the company, the cord can become damaged, leading to possible overheating, which then poses fire and burn risks. The damage can also lead to exposed copper wires, representing a shock hazard. Steamfast travel ste…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Plans To Close Remaining Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Bed Bath & Beyond Plans To Close Remaining Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Bed Bath & Beyond Plans To Close Remaining Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Struggling home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sunday, April 23 with plans to close all of its remaining stores after efforts to raise enough money to keep the company alive came up short. The company said in a statement that it will implement "an orderly wind-down" of its businesses while conducting a limited marketing process to solicit interest in one or more sales of some or all of its assets.  For now, 360 Bed Bath & Beyond and 120 buybuy BABY stores and websites will remain open and continue serving customers as the com…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond To Eliminate Nearly 1,300 Jobs At These NJ Locations Nearly 1,300 Bed Bath & Beyond workers are about to lose their jobs in New Jersey, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. The WARN notice was filed with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, saying hundreds of jobs are going to be eliminated across the state. Jobs will be eliminated from the following locations: Port Reading (e-commerce fulfillment center), 572 jobs, March 28 Secaucus (warehouse), 84, April 5 Union (headquarters), 377, April 9 Totowa (Harmon), 262, April 1 Earlier this year, Bed Bath & Beyond announced it would be closin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Three dozen Bed Bath & Beyond stores in New Jersey are among 87 locations scheduled to close in 2023, the struggling retailer announced. That brings the total number of Bed Bath & Beyond locations scheduled to close to at least 162 announced since September 2022. A spokesperson told Axios that the latest round of closures will include all of the company's Harmon beauty shops, as well as five Buy Buy Baby locations. The following locations in New Jersey are set to close in 2023: Bridgewater, 155 Promenade Blvd. Mays Landing,190 Hamilton Commons Mays Landing Mount Laurel, 8 Centert…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond To Shutter These 3 NJ Locations Three New Jersey Bed Bath & Beyond stores will shutter by the end of the year, the company announced this week. The company announced earlier this year it planned on closing 150 stores, and on Thursday, Sept. 15, released a list of 56 that will close by the end of 2022. Those stores are: Flanders, 30 International Dr. Manalapan, 13 Route 9 S. Paramus, 34 E Ridgewood Ave. Bed Bath & Beyond has 28 stores in New Jersey, and headquarters in Union. The company did not give exact closing dates.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Bed Bath & Beyond Exec Leaps To His Death From NYC's Jenga Tower Bed Bath & Beyond Exec Leaps To His Death From NYC's Jenga Tower
Bed Bath & Beyond Exec Leaps To His Death From NYC's Jenga Tower A Bed Bath & Beyond executive leapt 18 stories to his death from New York City's "Jenga" tower Friday, Sept. 2, multiple reports say. Gustavo Arnal, 52, was the executive vice president and chief financial officer at the Union, NJ-based company. Calls reporting a jumper came around 12:30 p.m. from the 60-story building's location in lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood at 56 Leonard Street near Church Street, according to the Daily Mail. Messages left with Bed Bath & Bed and Arnal’s family on Saturday, Sept. 3 were not immediately returned, the New York Post said. Shares in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Real Estate
NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Among Dozens Closing NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Among Dozens Closing
NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Among Dozens Closing Nearly 40 more Bed Bath & Beyond stores will be closing in February, according to a new report from USA Today. Among them, one in New Jersey. Liquidation sales are underway at the 37 stores, including the one on River Road in Edgewater, the outlet says. Last June, the company announced it would be closing 200 stores over the next two years. Locations in Jersey City, Howell, and Rockaway were some of the first to go. Click here for more from USA Today.

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Another NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closing, Report Says Another NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closing, Report Says
Another NJ Bed Bath & Beyond Store Closing, Report Says Another Bed Bath & Beyond store is expected to close permanently this fall, part of a nationwide closure plan affecting about 200 locations. The major retailer’s store at 400 Marin Blvd. in Jersey City is set to close in November, a store employee told NJ Advance Media. In July 2020, Bed Bath & Beyond officials announced that 200 of its namesake stores would be shut down over a two-year period -- accounting for about one-fifth of all its BB & B stores nationwide. The big-box chain cited a steep drop in sales due to the coronavirus pandemic at the time.  Two other Bed Bath …

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by Jon Craig
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately
Bed Bath & Beyond Cutting Nearly 3,000 Jobs Starting Immediately Bed Bath & Beyond will cut nearly 3,000 jobs under a plan to cut costs and streamline operations. Jobs will start to be eliminated immediately, the company said in a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 25. "In conjunction with the organizational realignment, the company has implemented a significant workforce reduction of approximately 2,800 roles from across its corporate headquarters and retail banner stores, effective immediately," the statement said.  "This action is designed to further reduce layers at the corporate level, significantly reposition field operations to better serve…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found FOUND! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found
Found! Missing Ramsey Woman With Alzheimer's, 71, Found RAMSEY, N.J. -- A MISSING 71-year-old Ramsey woman with Alzheimer's who went missing from a local shopping center early Wednesday evening was found a couple of hours later, authorities said. An NJ State Police helicopter was en route when Selma Rowe was found in Finch Park. She'd been reported missing from the Interstate Shopping Center off southbound Route 17 and Franklin Turnpike -- which has a Shop-Rite, Bed Bath & Beyond and DSW, among other stores -- a couple of blocks from the park.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Recalls Thousands Of UGG Comforters Over Mold Risk Bed Bath & Beyond Recalls Thousands Of UGG Comforters Over Mold Risk
Bed Bath & Beyond Recalls Thousands Of UGG Comforters Over Mold Risk Bed Bath & Beyond is recalling roughly 175,000 comforters due to the risk of mold exposure, the U.S. Consumer Safety Commission announced. The recall specifically involves Hudson comforters by UGG, which were sold in four solid colors and three sizes. Bed Bath & Beyond has locations in Paramus, Edgewater and Clifton. “Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled comforters and return them to Bed Bath & Beyond for a full refund,” the announcement states. The announcement states that mold can be present in the comforters “posing a risk of respiratory or other infections …

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson