He jumped to his death. BBBY was recently in the news because it was a short-lived repeat of Gamestop's meme stock pump. The company wasn't doing well because it sells overpriced home goods in brick & mortar stores. The stock price was low. Shorts came in, some whales got word and tried to short squeeze it (Ryan Cohen of r/superstonk fame, GME hero of reddit retail traders). Retailers (r/WSB) caught on and started pumping it. Naturally, the institutional investors got out at the top (So much for diamond hands). Retail traders are left holding the bags once again. BBBY stock price is back down below $10. Reddit has been posting suicide hotlines over the past week. People on r/wsb are talking about how they gambled away their life savings again.

Sorry for the chud news source.

On Aug. 16, Arnal sold 42,513 shares in company stock for a little over a $1 million, according to MarketBeat.com.

In 2021, he made more than $2.9 million via Bed Bath & Beyond, including $775,000 in salary and the rest in stock awards, according to InsiderTrades.com.

The company said it has obtained more than $500 million in new financing and was reducing 20% of its workforce. It plans to close about 150 namesake stores but will keep its buybuy BABY chain.

  • MtF_DOOM [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Having been inside of a Bed Bath & Beyond store before, it should come as no surprise that the company is kept afloat exclusively by

    Corporate exec suicides? Yeah, almost makes me want to support them

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I fixed the post but yeah pretty much

      Their stores all clear millions of dollars every single day on paper and somehow fail to turn a profit, because the only things they sell are the stupidest shit, and they offer an infinite return policy on infomercial products, while counting returns as sales.

      The return bins are fucking wild.